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Sam Bankman-Fried asked the tribunal to seal Caroline Ellison's idiosyncratic documents.
Judge Kaplan had earlier imposed a impermanent gag bid connected each parties progressive successful the lawsuit arsenic helium considered the DOJ's petition to nonstop Bankman-Fried backmost to jailhouse for the remainder of his clip earlier the transgression trial.
FTX laminitis Sam Bankman-Fried has asked the court to seal the backstage diary of his sometimes woman and ex-Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison and Inner City Press has opposed the move, according to tribunal filings.
Bankman-Fried is facing the anticipation of heading backmost to jail. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) asked Judge Lewis Kaplan of the Southern District of New York to marque the FTX laminitis walk the remainder of his clip successful jailhouse earlier his transgression proceedings begins. The DOJ had accused Bankman-Fried of leaking Ellison's backstage diary to The New York Times and trying to tamper with witnesses aggregate times.
"The presumption of entree to these documents is greatly outweighed by the request to debar their nationalist dissemination astatine this time," Bankman-Fried's lawyer wrote to the court.
Judge Kaplan declined to jailhouse Bankman-Fried immediately, but enactment a impermanent gag bid connected parties and witnesses” from "publicly disseminating oregon discussing with immoderate nationalist communications media thing astir the lawsuit which could interfere with a just trial." Judge Kaplan besides acceptable retired a accelerated docket for some the prosecution and the defence to marque ceremonial written submissions connected the matter.
New York's Inner City Press, a work that covers tribunal proceedings successful the city's national court, was antecedently progressive successful opposing Bankman-Fried's bid to seal his co-signers and asked the tribunal to docket a proceeding connected the substance if required.
"Again this suspect is being treated antithetic than different defendants successful this District," Inner City's Matthew Russell Lee wrote to the tribunal opposing the sealing of documents Bankman-Fried already provided to The New York Times. "This is an exertion for this tribunal to assistance oregon if indispensable docket a proceeding connected this situation to the projected withholding of this information."
Bankman-Fried is presently acceptable to spell connected proceedings successful October connected assorted charges, including securities and ligament fraud allegations. A 2nd proceedings connected further charges, including slope fraud and bribery allegations, is scheduled for adjacent March.
Jack Schickler contributed to reporting.
Edited by Parikshit Mishra.
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