The authorized crew defending Sam Bankman-Fried towards prison fees has requested a federal decide permit the previous FTX CEO to have entry to antidepressants whereas in jail.
In an Aug. 14 submitting in U.S. District Court docket for the Southern District of New York, Bankman-Fried’s attorneys supplied Choose Lewis Kaplan a proposed order that, if accredited, would permit the 31-year-old to use a transdermal patch with treatment throughout his time behind bars. In accordance with a letter supplied by Dr. George Lerner, Bankman-Fried, who additionally goes by “SBF,” has been below psychiatric care since February 2019 and “has a historical past of Main Depressive Dysfunction and Consideration Deficit Hyperactivity Dysfunction (ADHD).”
In accordance with Lerner, SBF has been prescribed the antidepressant Selegiline below the model title Emsam to deal with despair and Adderall for his ADHD. Attorneys have requested Kaplan make sure the Metropolitan Detention Middle in Brooklyn have the drugs stocked during Bankman-Fried’s keep in jail, as “he was solely capable of carry a small provide of the above-described drugs” following the decide revoking his bail on Aug. 11.
“With out the aforementioned psychiatric drugs, […] Mr. Bankman-Fried will expertise a return of his despair and ADHD signs and shall be severely negatively impacted in his capability to help in his personal protection,” stated Lerner.
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Attorneys who represented Bankman-Fried throughout his preliminary arrest within the Bahamas in December 2022 reported comparable medical necessities, saying on the time that SBF hadn’t been taking sure treatment whereas in jail. Following extradition to the USA, Bankman-Fried was launched on a $250 million bond and certain had entry to medical care whereas largely confined to his dad and mom’ California dwelling.
Bankman-Fried had been free on bail for 235 days earlier than Kaplan remanded him to custody on Aug. 11, citing issues about alleged makes an attempt to intimidate or affect witnesses in his prison case. He faces 12 counts associated to fraud at FTX, which shall be unfold throughout two trials scheduled to start in October 2023 and March 2024.
