Indicted FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried leaves the United States Courthouse in New York City, U.S., July 26, 2023.
REUTERS/Amr AlfikyNEW YORK, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Sam Bankman-Fried, the indicted founder of the bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange, on Tuesday said he never sought to intimidate witnesses at his scheduled October fraud trial, and there is no reason to jail him.
"Mr. Bankman-Fried's contact with the New York Times reporter was not an attempt to intimidate Ms. Ellison or taint the jury pool," his lawyer, Mark Cohen, wrote in the letter.
Kaplan barred Bankman-Fried from speaking about the case and asked both sides to submit written arguments about possible jail.
Prosecutors may respond to Bankman-Fried's letter by Thursday.
Persons:
Sam Bankman, Fried, Amr, District Judge Lewis Kaplan, Caroline Ellison, Bankman, Ms, Ellison, Mark Cohen, Palo, Kaplan, Laurence Tribe, Luc Cohen, Christopher Cushing
Organizations:
United, REUTERS, District, New York Times, Alameda Research, U.S, Harvard University, Metropolitan Detention, Thomson
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New York City, U.S, Manhattan, Palo Alto , California, Brooklyn, New York