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<h2 id="header-0">FTX Co-Founder Faces Jail Over Media Contact: First Amendment at Risk</h2><a href="https://www.coingabbar.com/en/crypto-currency-news/ftx-sues-founder-over-323m-dollar-swiss-firm-purchase" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">FTX</a> co-founder Samuel Bankman-Fried is in trouble with the law because U.S. prosecutors have accused him of trying to scare a witness by talking to a reporter from the New York Times. His lawyers say that this would go against his First Amendment rights, which are meant to protect the freedom to speak and the freedom of the press. In simple terms, he is facing potential jail time for talking to a reporter and allegedly intimidating a witness.There was a big argument after the New York Times published excerpts from a diary written by Caroline Ellison, who used to be the CEO of Alameda Research. The people who investigate crimes say that Bankman-Fried, who is connected to this, gave quotes from the diary to the reporter and talked with them. They think that Bankman-Fried did this to scare or threaten Ellison.In response, Bankman-Fried&#39;s lawyer, Mark Cohen, wrote a letter to Judge Lewis Kaplan explaining that his client&#39;s contact with the reporter wasn&#39;t meant to scare Ellison or influence the jury pool. Instead, Cohen argued that it was simply Bankman-Fried expressing his right to comment on an article that was already being written. Cohen said that punishing Bankman-Fried by sending him to jail for talking to the reporter could raise important concerns about the First Amendment, which protects the freedom of speech.In December 2022, a person named <a href="https://www.coingabbar.com/en/crypto-currency-news/silencing-the-parties-media-gag-order-in-sam-bankman-frieds-case" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Bankman-Fried</a> was given a very large amount of money, $250 million, to be released from jail while waiting for a trial. Since then, he has been staying at his parents&#39; house in Palo Alto, but he&#39;s not allowed to leave. Now, the people who are accusing him of a crime have asked the court to take back the money, cancel his bail, and put him back in jail, but Bankman-Fried doesn&#39;t want that to happen.Cohen also said, &#34;The government agrees that people accused of a crime have the right to speak to the media about their case to improve how the public sees them and to defend their reputation, as long as they&#39;re not trying to unfairly change the outcome of the legal process.&#34;Meanwhile, Right now, Ellison has admitted to his guilt and is helping the prosecutors with their investigation. The case is still developing, and people are paying close attention and it could also have significant effects on our right to free speech.

FTX's Bankman-Fried Faces Jail, Claims First Amendment Violation

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