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Indicted FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried arrives at the United States Courthouse in New York City, U.S., July 26, 2023. Bankman-Fried has pleaded not guilty to stealing billions of dollars in FTX customer funds to plug losses at Alameda. He said he submitted Tuesday's filing independently, as a constitutional law expert. Tribe published the major treatise "American Constitutional Law" in 1978 and was lead counsel in 37 Supreme Court cases. The case is U.S. v. Bankman-Fried, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No.

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☆ FTX's Bankman-Fried, seeking to avoid jail, denies witness tampering
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Luc Cohen | Thomson Reuters | Reports On The New York Federal Courts. Previously Worked As A Correspondent In Venezuela | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

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 Locations: New York City, U.S, Manhattan, Palo Alto , California, Brooklyn, New York

[1/2] Rob Olan (C), employee of the healthcare investment fund Deerfield Management, departs Federal Court in Manhattan in New York, U.S., May 24, 2017. FollowNEW YORK, Aug 1 (Reuters) - A long-running federal insider trading case based on leaks about planned changes to Medicare reimbursement rates will likely end with no convictions, after the remaining defendants agreed to enter deferred prosecution agreements. In the healthcare case, the Manhattan appeals court said the leaked CMS information did not support fraud and theft charges against Huber, Olan and Blaszczak, though prosecutors could retry them on one or two counts each. In their deferred prosecution agreements, Huber and Olan acknowledged trading on and Blaszczak acknowledged passing advance information about a proposed CMS rule change. The case is U.S. v. Blaszczak et al, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No.

Persons: Rob Olan, Lucas Jackson, Theodore Huber, Robert Olan, David Blaszczak, Prosecutors, Huber, Olan, George Washington, Chris Christie's, Christopher Worrall, Blaszczak, District Judge Lewis Kaplan, Blaszczak's, David Patton, Barry Berke, Dani James, Damian Williams, Jonathan Stempel, Conor Humphries, David Gregorio Our Organizations: Deerfield Management, REUTERS, Aetna Inc, Centers, Medicare, Services, Democratic, New, New Jersey Republican, District, Court, Southern District of, Thomson Locations: Manhattan, New York, U.S, Deerfield, New Jersey, Southern District, Southern District of New York

☆ Sam Bankman-Fried must be jailed, is intimidating witnesses, prosecutors say
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Luc Cohen | Thomson Reuters | Reports On The New York Federal Courts. Previously Worked As A Correspondent In Venezuela | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

NEW YORK, July 28 (Reuters) - Sam Bankman-Fried must be jailed pending his October fraud trial over the collapse of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange he founded because he is trying to intimidate witnesses and influence their testimony, prosecutors said on Friday. Prosecutors first made their surprise request to detain Bankman-Fried before his Oct. 2 trial at a Wednesday hearing, where Kaplan barred Bankman-Fried from discussing the case. Prosecutors had in January accused Bankman-Fried of seeking to influence the testimony of an FTX lawyer. Ellison pleaded guilty to fraud charges and is expected to testify against Bankman-Fried at trial. Two former FTX executives, Gary Wang and Nishad Singh, have also pleaded guilty over FTX's collapse and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors.

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☆ US judge tightens Sam Bankman-Fried's bail, will consider jailing him
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Luc Cohen | Thomson Reuters | Reports On The New York Federal Courts. Previously Worked As A Correspondent In Venezuela | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] Indicted FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried walks outside at the United States Courthouse in New York City, U.S., July 26, 2023. REUTERS/Amr Alfiky/File PhotoNEW YORK, July 26 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Wednesday tightened Sam Bankman-Fried's bail conditions, restricting his ability to communicate publicly, and will consider jailing him ahead of his trial over the collapse of his FTX cryptocurrency exchange. "I'm very mindful of the government's interest in this issue, which I take seriously," Kaplan said at a hearing in Manhattan federal court. Ellison, also Alameda's former chief executive, has pleaded guilty to fraud charges and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors. Reporting by Luc Cohen in New York; Editing by Daniel WallisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Sam Bankman, Amr Alfiky, District Judge Lewis Kaplan, Fried, Caroline Ellison's, Kaplan, Mark Cohen, FTX, Ellison, Luc Cohen, Daniel Wallis Organizations: FTX, United, REUTERS, U.S, District, Alameda Research, Thomson Locations: New York City, U.S, Manhattan, Palo Alto , California, Bahamas, New York

☆ Sam Bankman-Fried could be headed to jail. Prosecutors say he tampered with a witness by sharing ex's diary entries — and want him locked up
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | Sindhu Sundar | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Prosecutors want to send Sam Bankman-Fried to jail over alleged witness tampering. Prosecutors asked a federal judge Wednesday to send Sam Bankman-Fried to jail after he leaked his ex-girlfriend's private Google Docs to the New York Times. Bankman-Fried's lawyers said his interaction with the journalist was just addressing his overwhelmingly negative press, but prosecutors say it was much more than that. Bankman-Fried sent more than 100 emails to journalists and made 1,000 calls to journalists, prosecutors say. He called the New York Times journalist who wrote the story based on the leak 100 times, they said.

Persons: Sam Bankman, Caroline Ellison's, Danielle Sassoon, Lewis Kaplan, Caroline Ellison, who'd, Ellison, Fried, FTX, Ms, Sassoon, Mark Cohen Organizations: Prosecutors, New York Times, US, Alameda Research, Google, Bankman Locations: Manhattan, York

☆ Sam Bankman-Fried 'did nothing wrong' by leaking his ex-girlfriend's diary entries to New York Times: lawyers
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Sam Bankman-Fried's lawyers say his leak of Caroline Ellison's diary entries to the New York Times is OK. It's totally fine for Sam Bankman-Fried to give his ex-girlfriend's diary entries to a New York Times reporter, his lawyers said in a court filing. Prosecutors correctly surmised that the entries were provided to the Times by Bankman-Fried, who had access to the writings, which were kept on Google Docs. "But Mr. Bankman-Fried did nothing wrong." "The reporter contacted Mr. Bankman-Fried about a story he was working on concerning Ms. Ellison and asked Mr. Bankman-Fried if he wished to respond," they wrote.

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The prosecutors wrote to U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan on Thursday referencing a New York Times article titled "Inside the Private Writings of Caroline Ellison, Star Witness in the FTX Case". Ellison led Bankman-Fried's Alameda Research hedge fund and has pleaded guilty to defrauding investors and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors. In December, Bankman-Fried said he and Ellison had been in a relationship but gave no further details. Neither New York Times nor Ellison's lawyers responded to Reuters' requests for comment. The prosecutors argued that by sharing these documents, Bankman-Fried was trying to malign Ellison's credibility, and that such conduct could chill witnesses from testifying and taint the jury pool.

Persons: Sam Bankman, District Judge Lewis Kaplan, Caroline Ellison, Ellison, Fried, Prosecutors, Bankman, FTX, Shubham Kalia, Gokul, Jonathan Stempel, Sam Holmes Organizations: U.S, District, New York Times, Star, Alameda Research, FTX Trading, Thomson Locations: Bankman, Alameda, Bengaluru, New York

☆ Sam Bankman-Fried leaked Caroline Ellison's diary to the New York Times to paint her as a 'jilted lover,' prosecutors say
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Prosecutors say Sam Bankman-Fried is trying to discredit Caroline Ellison by leaking her diary entries. Bankman-Fried wants to make her look like a "jilted lover," prosecutors wrote in a court filing. Prosecutors say Bankman-Fried gave "a misleading patina of legitimacy" to an effort to discredit Ellison in the case. "The fact that the defendant funneled this material through the New York Times, rather than directly commenting on the documents himself, is particularly pernicious," prosecutors wrote. The material risked tainting the jury pool and could deter other potential witnesses from testifying at the trial, prosecutors wrote.

Persons: Sam Bankman, Fried, Caroline Ellison, Ellison —, —, Samuel Bankman, — Caroline Ellison, Ellison, Caroline Ellison Tyler Le, Rebecca Zisser, Lewis Kaplan, who's, didn't Organizations: Alameda Research, Prosecutors, New York Times, Times, Google, Federal, US Locations: Manhattan

☆ Donald Trump loses bid for new trial in E. Jean Carroll abuse case
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Jonathan Stempel | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Trump appealed the decision, adding it to his earlier appeal of the jury verdict. She amended it after Trump disparaged her in a CNN town hall one day after the $5 million verdict, calling her account "fake" and her a "whack job." Carroll wants to dismiss that claim, saying her statement was "substantially true" and reflected her thoughts as the verdict was read. The case is Carroll v. Trump, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No. Carroll's original lawsuit is Carroll v Trump in the same court, No.

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☆ Donald Trump raped E. Jean Carroll even though he was found liable only for 'sexual abuse,' judge rules
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

A jury found that Donald Trump sexually abused E. Jean Carroll but not that he raped her. The judge says Trump "raped" Carroll "as many people commonly understand the word 'rape.'" The jury did not, Trump's lawyers trumpeted at the time, find that Trump "raped" Carroll — the central part of her allegations. Caroll's lawsuit alleged that, in the mid-1990s, Trump raped her in the Bergdorf Goodman department store in Manhattan. Carroll is taking Trump to court — againIn his opinion upholding the jury verdict, Kaplan took issue with the denials that Trump "raped" Carroll.

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[1/2] E. Jean Carroll reacts as she exits the Manhattan Federal Court following the verdict in the civil rape accusation case against former U.S. President Donald Trump, in New York City, U.S., May 9, 2023. Lawyers for Carroll, 79, also accused Trump of springing his counterclaim too late, to "hold up yet again this otherwise trial-ready, much-delayed case." Trump has appealed the $5 million verdict. A Jan. 15, 2024 trial is scheduled before U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan, who handled the earlier trial. The case is Carroll v Trump, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No.

Persons: Jean Carroll, Donald Trump, Brendan McDermid, Trump's, Roberta Kaplan, Carroll, Trump, Carroll's, District Judge Lewis Kaplan, Jonathan Stempel, Howard Goller Organizations: U.S, REUTERS, Elle, CNN, District, Carroll, Trump, Court, Southern District of, Thomson Locations: Manhattan, New York City, U.S, Southern District, Southern District of New York, New York

☆ DOJ won't defend Trump in Carroll rape defamation case anymore
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

That effort, if it had been approved, would have killed Carroll's lawsuit because the government can shield itself from civil liability under the doctrine of sovereign immunity. The DOJ had not played a role in that lawsuit, as the alleged actions occurred outside of Trump tenure in the White House. "We are grateful that the Department of Justice has reconsidered its position," Carroll's lawyer, Roberta Kaplan, said in a statement. "Now that one of the last obstacles has been removed, we look forward to trial in E Jean Carroll's original case in January 2024." The letter also said: "Moreover, the circumstantial evidence of Mr. Trump's subjective intent in making theallegedly defamatory statements does not support a determination in this case that he wassufficiently motivated by a desire to serve the United States Government."

Persons: Jean Carroll, Donald Trump, E, Carroll, Trump, Westfall, Donald J, Brian Boynton, Boynton, Roberta Kaplan, Kaplan, Jean Carroll's, Bergdorf Goodman, Bill Barr, District Judge Lewis Kaplan, Joe Biden Organizations: The, Justice, Trump, DOJ, Washington , D.C, ., White, Department, United States Government, Department of Justice, CNBC, U.S, District, 2nd Circuit U.S, of Appeals Locations: Manhattan, New York City, United States, New York, Trump, Washington ,, Washington, Columbia

☆ Judge rejects Donald Trump bid to dismiss E. Jean Carroll's first defamation lawsuit
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( Jonathan Stempel | Us Judge Facing Competency Probe Asks Court To Block Her Suspension | Blake Brittain | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/3] FILE PHOTO-Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump attends the Oakland County GOP Lincoln Day Dinner in Novi, Michigan, U.S. June 25, 2023. Carroll's lawyer Roberta Kaplan, who is not related to the judge, said the decision "confirms that once again, Donald Trump's supposed defenses to E. Jean Carroll's defamation claims don't work." The judge also said Trump's criticism of Carroll went beyond "the outer perimeter of his official duties" as president. Trump, the front-runner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, is appealing the $5 million jury verdict. The case is Carroll v Trump, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No.

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☆ Bankman-Fried loses bid to toss criminal charges over FTX's collapse
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Luc Cohen | Thomson Reuters | Reports On The New York Federal Courts. Previously Worked As A Correspondent In Venezuela | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

NEW YORK, June 27 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Tuesday denied Sam Bankman-Fried's bid to have criminal charges against him thrown out, paving the way for the founder of now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX to face trial starting Oct. 2. In May, Bankman-Fried asked U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan to dismiss at least 11 of the 13 fraud and conspiracy charges he faced. "The arguments are either moot or without merit," Kaplan wrote in a ruling on Thursday. A spokesman for Bankman-Fried did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Reporting by Luc Cohen in New York, editing by Deepa BabingtonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Sam Bankman, Fried, District Judge Lewis Kaplan, Kaplan, Luc Cohen, Deepa Babington Organizations: YORK, Federal, Alameda Research, U.S, District, Supreme, Thomson Locations: U.S, Manhattan, FTX, Bahamas, United States, New York

Law Firms Fenwick & West LLP FollowNEW YORK, June 23 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Friday denied Sam Bankman-Fried's push to get a law firm that advised his now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange to hand over documents he says can help him beat fraud charges. The onetime billionaire, who has pleaded not guilty to charges of stealing from FTX customers and lying to investors and lenders, last month said the documents could prove he relied on legal advice from Silicon Valley law firm Fenwick & West and did not believe he was breaking the law. U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan, who is overseeing Bankman-Fried's case, in a written order on Friday called the request for a subpoena a "fishing expedition." A spokesman for Bankman-Fried, 31, declined to comment. Reporting by Luc Cohen in New York; Editing by Mark PorterOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Sam Bankman, Fenwick, District Judge Lewis Kaplan, Luc Cohen, Mark Porter Organizations: Fenwick, West, U.S, District, Thomson Locations: U.S, Silicon Valley, New York

NEW YORK, June 23 (Reuters) - Donald Trump will deposit $5.55 million with a federal court as security while the former U.S. president appeals a jury verdict that he sexually abused and defamed the writer E. Jean Carroll. Carroll would collect her $5 million if Trump's appeals, including potentially to the Supreme Court, were unsuccessful. Carroll's lawyers agreed to the $5.55 million deposit. She is also seeking punitive damages, after he repeated his denials in a CNN town hall one day after the jury verdict. The case is Carroll v Trump, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No.

Persons: Donald Trump, Jean Carroll, Trump, District Judge Lewis Kaplan, Joseph Tacopina, Carroll, Tacopina, Jonathan Stempel, Daniel Wallis Organizations: YORK, Elle, District, Trump, CNN, Carroll, U.S, Court, Southern District of, Thomson Locations: Manhattan, U.S, Southern District, Southern District of New York, New York

☆ Fact Check-No charges against FTX ex-CEO Sam Bankman-Fried dropped as of June 22
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

As of June 22, 2023, none of the 13 charges against Bankman-Fried have been dropped by federal prosecutors in Manhattan. Bankman-Fried faces a 13-count indictment for allegedly scheming to defraud FTX investors. Federal prosecutors in Manhattan said those five charges would be dropped if the Bahamas did not consent to them. In mid-June, noting that it was unclear when the Bahamas would consent, prosecutors supported the separate March 2024 trial for the additional charges (here). None of the 13 criminal charges against FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried have been dropped as of June 22, 2023.

Persons: Sam Bankman, District Judge Lewis Kaplan, ’, Fried, Read Organizations: Bankman, District, Biden, Facebook, U.S, Prosecutors, Republicans, Reuters, FTX Locations: Manhattan, U.S, Palo Alto , California, Bahamas

☆ We just learned the identities of the 2 bail guarantors keeping George Santos out of jail
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

A judge has unsealed the identities of George Santos's mysterious bail sponsors. A third bail guarantor never came forward, a judge wrote. Additional identifying information in the bond documents remains sealed. US Magistrate Judge Anne Shields allowed them to be bail sureties anyway because they "agreed to be personally responsible" for Santos. If anything, Seybert wrote, Santos has drawn even more attention to their identities — giving more reason to make them public.

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NEW YORK, June 15 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Thursday scheduled the writer E. Jean Carroll's second defamation trial against former U.S. President Donald Trump for next January. Last month, a Manhattan jury ordered Trump to pay Carroll $5 million for defamation and sexual assault in a separate lawsuit, after he made a similar denial in October 2022. On Tuesday, Judge Kaplan allowed Carroll to amend her lawsuit over Trump's 2019 comments to include similar comments he made recently on CNN. In a town hall the day after the $5 million verdict, Trump called Carroll's account "fake" and labeled her a "whack job." The case is Carroll v. Trump, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No.

Persons: Jean Carroll's, Donald Trump, District Judge Lewis Kaplan, Trump, Roberta Kaplan, Carroll, Goodman, Judge Kaplan, Jonathan Stempel, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: YORK, U.S, District, Elle, Trump, CNN, Court, Southern District of, Thomson Locations: Manhattan, Florida, Manhattan's, Southern District, Southern District of New York, New York

☆ Prosecutors ask to remove new Bankman-Fried charges from October trial
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( Luc Cohen | Thomson Reuters | Reports On The New York Federal Courts. Previously Worked As A Correspondent In Venezuela | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

NEW YORK, June 15 (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors on Wednesday asked a judge to hold a separate trial for Sam Bankman-Fried, the indicted founder of now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, who faces new charges of foreign bribery, bank fraud and conspiracy. Prosecutors added those charges this year, after Bankman-Fried's December 2022 extradition from the Bahamas in the wake of FTX's collapse. He had asked U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan in Manhattan to dismiss the new charges or alternatively separate them from his Oct. 2 trial. Prosecutors have said they will drop the charges if the Caribbean nation does not consent to them. Lawyers for Bankman-Fried have asked that at least 11 of the charges be dismissed.

Persons: Sam Bankman, District Judge Lewis Kaplan, Marco Bello, FTX, Kaplan, Fried, Abinaya, Luc Cohen, Jason Neely, Elaine Hardcastle Organizations: YORK, U.S, Wednesday, Prosecutors, District, REUTERS, Bankman, Thomson Locations: Bahamas, Manhattan, Nassau, Caribbean, Bengaluru, New York

☆ U.S. judge appears skeptical of Bankman-Fried's push to dismiss charges
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( Luc Cohen | Thomson Reuters | Reports On The New York Federal Courts. Previously Worked As A Correspondent In Venezuela | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan in Manhattan expressed his concerns at a hearing where Bankman-Fried's lawyers sought to dismiss at least 11 of 13 charges their client faces. He had asked Kaplan to dismiss six of the 13 charges because the Caribbean country did not consent, and five more because they rested on an invalid legal theory. The judge also said Bankman-Fried appeared to lack standing to invoke an extradition treaty between the two countries to get those charges - including bank fraud and bribing Chinese officials - dismissed. Prosecutors have said their charges did not rely on that theory because Bankman-Fried schemed to take his victims' money. Separately, Kaplan denied Bankman-Fried's request to force prosecutors to review some of FTX's files.

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☆ Sam Bankman-Fried challenges post-extradition charges in Bahamas court
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Luc Cohen | Thomson Reuters | Reports On The New York Federal Courts. Previously Worked As A Correspondent In Venezuela | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

NEW YORK, June 13 (Reuters) - Sam Bankman-Fried, the indicted founder of bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, wants a U.S. judge to throw out criminal charges brought against him following his extradition from the Bahamas. They want U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan to dismiss the charges, or try them separately from seven additional charges at Bankman-Fried's scheduled Oct. 2 trial. Bankman-Fried, 31, was extradited in December from the Bahamas to face charges he stole from customers, lied to investors and lenders, and violated campaign finance laws. An extradition treaty between the United States and the Bahamas says a country must consent before defendants can be tried on charges brought after their extradition. U.S. prosecutors have said will drop Bankman-Fried's post-extradition charges if the Bahamas does not consent.

Persons: Sam Bankman, District Judge Lewis Kaplan, FTX, Fried, Kaplan, Luc Cohen Organizations: YORK, U.S, District, Supreme, Prosecutors, Thomson Locations: U.S, Bahamas, Manhattan, Bankman, Caribbean, FTX, United States, New York

NEW YORK, June 13 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Tuesday said E. Jean Carroll, the New York writer who last month won a $5 million jury verdict against Donald Trump for sexual abuse and defamation, can pursue a related $10 million defamation case against the former U.S. president. On May 9, a Manhattan jury ordered Trump to pay Carroll $2 million for battery and $3 million for defamation over Trump's October 2022 denial. Carroll then sought to amend the defamation lawsuit she filed in 2019, after Trump told a White House reporter that the rape never happened and that Carroll was not his "type." A substitution would essentially end Carroll's $10 million lawsuit because the government cannot be sued for defamation. The case is Carroll v. Trump, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No.

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☆ Bahamas court boosts Bankman-Fried’s challenge to post-extradition charges
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

A Bahamas court on Tuesday temporarily barred the country’s government from agreeing to let US prosecutors pursue part of their criminal case against Sam Bankman-Fried, the indicted founder of now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX. Those charges were not in Bankman-Fried’s initial eight-count indictment last December, which focused on the collapse of FTX the previous month, but they were added after his extradition. The Bahamas Supreme Court said the country’s foreign affairs minister and attorney general could not consent to the new charges until Bankman-Fried had a formal chance to object. In papers filed late Monday in Manhattan federal court, Bankman-Fried’s lawyers said a sixth charge alleging US campaign finance violations should also be dismissed because the Bahamas did not consent to it. His lawyers want the six charges dismissed, or tried separately from charges of stealing from customers and lying to investors and lenders.

Persons: Sam Bankman, FTX, Fried, Loren Klein, Lewis Kaplan Organizations: US, Prosecutors Locations: Manhattan, Caribbean, Bankman, Bahamas, United States

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