• The team filed a second motion for pre-trial release on September 8.
• The legal team for SBF said that their client has not received the promised internet access.

Lawyers for FTX ex-CEO Sam Bankman Fried (SBF) have asked for him to be released from federal prison before his trial because of a lack of reliable internet access there. The defense team for SBF claimed that a slow internet connection prevented them from properly preparing their case.

The legal team stated:

“Despite the Government’s efforts, there does not appear to be a way to solve the internet access problem in the cellblock. That means that Mr. Bankman-Fried has no way to review and search documents in the discovery database or the AWS database before the trial. The defendant cannot prepare for trial with these kinds of limitations.”

Motion Sent to Judge Panel

After an appellate judge dismissed SBF’s plea for immediate release from prison on September 6, the team filed a second motion for pre-trial release on September 8. The motion was sent to the subsequent three-judge panel by the judge.

The legal team for SBF said that their client has not received the promised laptop access from the government between the hours of 8 a.m. and 7 p.m., Monday through Friday. The attorneys also mentioned other occasions when SBF’s use of a laptop to access the internet was interrupted due to prison proceedings.

On September 1st, SBF lost four hours of work time when he was summoned back to his cell at 2:30 p.m. for a headcount. On September 6, he was held in his cell until 11 a.m. before being released. SBF was only able to access the discovery database and study one document due to the bad internet connection. 

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