Federal Judge Denies SBF Retrial Motion, 25-Year Sentence Stands
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US District Judge Lewis Kaplan denied Sam Bankman‑Fried’s bid for a new trial in a Tuesday SDNY filing, calling the alleged newly discovered evidence baseless and witness-pressure claims “wildly conspiratorial.” The ruling leaves SBF’s 25-year prison sentence in place while his separate appeal continues, reinforcing legal certainty around the FTX collapse and maintaining reputational and regulatory risk for crypto and associated entities.
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- Judge Lewis Kaplan denied SBF’s request for a new trial and called the claims baseless.
- Kaplan said allegations of witness pressure by prosecutors were “wildly conspiratorial.”
- Sam Bankman-Fried tried to withdraw his motion, but the court proceeded and denied the request.
Crypto entrepreneur Sam Bankman-Fried lost his bid for a new trial after US District Judge Lewis Kaplan rejected claims of newly discovered evidence tied to the collapse of FTX.
In a Tuesday filing in the Southern District of New York, Kaplan called the motion “baseless” and said key allegations were “wildly conspiratorial and entirely contradicted by the record.”
The ruling leaves Bankman-Fried’s 25-year prison sentence in place while his separate appeal continues.
Judge Says Witness Claims Were Not New
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