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Sam Bankman-Fried does not have access to Adderall in custody and subsists on a diet of peanut butter sandwiches and water, his attorney alleges
Sam Bankman-Fried's lawyer claimed that the FTX founder is unable to follow his vegan diet in prison.
He's been living off of bread, water, and peanut butter, according to NBC News.
In a Tuesday hearing, his lawyer added that the embattled crypto mogul can't access his Adderall.
Sam Bankman-Fried's attorney claimed the disgraced crypto mogul is living off of scraps in custody because his requests for a vegan diet have been ignored.
In a court hearing on Tuesday where he pleaded not guilty to seven charges including money laundering and conspiracy, Bankman-Fried's defense attorney Mark Cohen said that the FTX founder has been living off of bread, water, and peanut butter, according to NBC News.
His attorney added that Bankman-Fried is not receiving his prescribed Adderall either at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, per NBC News.
According to a commissary list for the prison, Bankman-Fried has been able to purchase two peanut butter and jelly sandwiches per visit, costing $3.65 per sandwich. Prisoners are allowed a visit to the commissary once every two weeks.
Before he was remanded to prison in the US this year, Bankman-Fried previously said that he mainly ate peanut butter while incarcerated in the Bahamas.
During the court hearing on Tuesday, Magistrate Judge Sarah Netburn said that the prison could offer a vegetarian diet but that she would inquire further about his request for a vegan diet, NBC reported.
FTX declared bankruptcy in November 2022, after a financial scheme prosecutors say that Bankman-Fried masterminded. In January, Bankman-Fried was charged with illegally siphoning money from FTX customers to Alameda Research, a trading firm he founded.
The disgraced crypto figure was initially released on a $250 million bond, but in August he was remanded to MDC, a prison known for its poor conditions after a judge said there was probable cause that he attempted witness tampering. Bankman-Fried was accused of leaking ex-partner and Alameda co-CEO Caroline Ellison's diary entries in July, which prosecutors said constituted witness tampering.
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