The legal team defending Sam Bankman-Fried against criminal charges has requested a federal judge allow the former FTX CEO to have access to antidepressants while in jail.
In an Aug. 14 filing in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, Bankman-Fried’s lawyers provided Judge Lewis Kaplan a proposed order that, if approved, would allow the 31-year-old to apply a transdermal patch with medication during his time behind bars. According to a letter provided by Dr. George Lerner, Bankman-Fried, who also goes by “SBF,” has been under psychiatric care since February 2019 and “has a history of Major Depressive Disorder and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).”
According to Lerner, SBF has been prescribed the antidepressant Selegiline under the brand name Emsam to treat depression and Adderall for his ADHD. Lawyers have requested Kaplan ensure the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn have the medications stocked for the duration of Bankman-Fried’s stay in jail, as “he was only able to bring a small supply of the above-described medications” following the judge revoking his bail on Aug. 11.
“Without the aforementioned psychiatric medications, […] Mr. Bankman-Fried will experience a return of his depression and ADHD symptoms and will be severely negatively impacted in his ability to assist in his own defense,” said Lerner.
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Lawyers who represented Bankman-Fried during his initial arrest in the Bahamas in December 2022 reported similar medical requirements, saying at the time that SBF hadn’t been taking certain medication while in jail. Following extradition to the United States, Bankman-Fried was released on a $250 million bond an
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