Does the SBF attraction have a chance of success?

In that time, the crypto industry has continued: markets have risen, VC dollars have returned, and politicians are once again supporting the industry. Meanwhile, the mainstream media has all but forgotten about the fallen king of crypto, SBF himself.

So, might a judge and jury see the SBF case differently if they heard the evidence from the FTX founder again?

That certainly seems to be the hope of SBF’s new legal team, which took over his case after his trial lawyers, Mark Cohen and Christian Everdell, resigned following his conviction. On Friday, September 13, his new lead attorney, Alexandra Shapiro, filed an appeal to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, setting out why SBF believes it deserves another hearing.

“In the United States, people accused of crimes are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt,” Shapiro says. start the call. “They have a right to a fair trial by a jury. When the government introduces evidence, defendants have the right to rebut that evidence and present their side of the story. At least that’s how it should work. But none of that happened here.”

The 102-page document alleges that SBF was treated unfairly at the trial, which took place as public scrutiny of the FTX case reached an all-time high. Shapiro claims that SBF was “presumed guilty by federal prosecutors eager for quick headlines,” “presumed guilty by the judge who presided over his trial,” and that the “prevailing narrative” of the FTX collapse and SBF’s role in it were accepted as true. , without proper investigation.

“From day one, the prevailing narrative—originally crafted by the lawyers who took over FTX, quickly adopted by their contacts at the US Attorney’s Office—was that Bankman-Fried stole billions of dollars in client funds, drove FTX into insolvency, and caused billions in losses,” the appeal continues.