Sam Bankman-Fried asks to suit up for pending trial

<img width="250" height="220" src="https://www.leaprate.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/FIN-LP-Lawyers-plead-for-Bankman-Fried-release-from-jail-before-trial-5191276091iStock-1500810974-250×220.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" style="float: left; margin-right: 5px;" link_thumbnail="" srcset="https://www.leaprate.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/FIN-LP-Lawyers-plead-for-Bankman-Fried-release-from-jail-before-trial-5191276091iStock-1500810974-250×220.jpg 250w, https://www.leaprate.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/FIN-LP-Lawyers-plead-for-Bankman-Fried-release-from-jail-before-trial-5191276091iStock-1500810974-700×617.jpg 700w, https://www.leaprate.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/FIN-LP-Lawyers-plead-for-Bankman-Fried-release-from-jail-before-trial-5191276091iStock-1500810974-768×677.jpg 768w, https://www.leaprate.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/FIN-LP-Lawyers-plead-for-Bankman-Fried-release-from-jail-before-trial-5191276091iStock-1500810974-120×106.jpg 120w, https://www.leaprate.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/FIN-LP-Lawyers-plead-for-Bankman-Fried-release-from-jail-before-trial-5191276091iStock-1500810974-245×216.jpg 245w, https://www.leaprate.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/FIN-LP-Lawyers-plead-for-Bankman-Fried-release-from-jail-before-trial-5191276091iStock-1500810974-500×441.jpg 500w, https://www.leaprate.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/FIN-LP-Lawyers-plead-for-Bankman-Fried-release-from-jail-before-trial-5191276091iStock-1500810974.jpg 1091w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /><p>Even when he met with statesmen such as former U.S. President Bill Clinton, and British Prime Minister Tony Blair, he donned T-shirts and wrinkly shorts. At the height of his career, experts estimated Bankman-Fried had a $26bn fortune in digital assets.</p>
<p>That said, at his first court appearance in December 2022 and the others that followed, the self-proclaimed crypto king made do with a suit. At the last August hearing, he was, however, clothed in prison garb.</p>
<p>Additionally, Bankman-Fried’s legal representatives asked for four dress shirts, three ties, one belt, four pairs of socks, two pairs of shoes, and suitable underwear. Judge Lewis Kaplan, a U.S. district judge, will review the request ahead of the trial, which starts on 3 October. It is anticipated that this trial could go on for approximately six weeks.</p>
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<p>On 11 August, this same judge revoked Bankman-Fried’s $250m bail and ordered his incarceration in the Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Centre after alleged witness tampering. As a rule, inmates do not have permission to wear their own clothes. However, judges often allow them to wear professional garments as jurors may be subconsciously influenced by prison outfits.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.leaprate.com/news/lawyers-plead-for-bankman-fried-release-from-jail-before-trial/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bankman-Fried</a> allegedly stole billions of dollars from customers through the now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency trading platform. On Monday, his lawyers once again petitioned the judge for his pre-trial release.</p>
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