Sam Bankman-Fried’s defense asserts the necessity of his ADHD medication, Adderall, during trial hours.
The defense has proposed options to ensure the FTX founder gets his medication, including adjourning the trial temporarily.
Medication Dilemma in the Spotlight of Bankman-Fried’s Fraud Trial
Legal representatives of FTX founder, Sam Bankman-Fried, have formally petitioned Judge Lewis Kaplan. The plea, submitted on Sunday, is an urgent request to ensure that Bankman-Fried can access his prescribed medication, Adderall, during the trial. The defense emphasizes that the absence of this crucial medication severely impairs his concentration due to his attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Since the inception of the trial two weeks prior, Bankman-Fried has been allowed to administer this ADHD medication just once daily, specifically before being ushered to court. His defense points out that,
“In the critical phases of the trial, especially the potential testimony of Mr. Ba
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