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