SBF lawyers request to block Ukrainian user’s testimony via video, calling circumstances not ‘exceptional’
Lawyers representing Sam Bankman-Fried have rejected a request from prosecutors to let a Ukrainian client of FTX testify via video link in a trial set to commence today, on Oct. 3. On Sep. 30, prosecutors filed an appeal with Judge Lewis A. Kaplan, seeking to overturn the opposition and enable two-way video conferencing for testimony , given that the majority of FTX’s customers and victims are located outside the U.S. One client from Ukraine, known as “FTX Customer-1,” is unable to travel due to the country’s wartime laws. Prosecutors argue that even if the client were permitted to travel, the journey to the United States would be perilous and time-consuming, taking at least three days each way through a war-ravaged country. You might also like: SBF’s father was unhappy with $200k salary at FTX Bankman-Fried’s lawyers are wary of the potential impact of the testimony on the jury, given the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. They argue that ...