Sam Bankman-Fried lawyers pitch for changes to judge’s jury instruction

The attorneys representing former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried have written another letter to the judge, seeking changes to the jury instructions; in the letter addressed to Judge Kaplan, the defense attorneys requested that the jury consider the role of English law in governing FTX’s terms of service.

The proposal calls on 12 jurors in the case to consider that for misappropriation to have occurred, there must have existed a trust, fiduciary relationship, or a similar relationship between FTX and its customers. However, the firm’s terms of service have made it clear that there was no such relationship between the two parties.

The defense attorneys’ proposal read:

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