Posted on 03/26/2024 10:46:16 PM PDT by Libloather
Sam Bankman-Fried's defense has filed a collection of letters from interested parties on Tuesday asking for leniency for the former FTX CEO - who is being sentenced this week.
A friend of his from his MIT days said 'vegan' Bankman-Fried would be 'an asset to society' if given a lenient sentence, in the new court documents.
'Sam felt deeply for every living being, farm animals included - so much so that he adhered to a vegan diet and convinced several others in our living group to become vegan, too. He took every actionable step he could to reduce suffering,' the friend wrote.
Bankman-Fried's vegan lifestyle has been well documented, with his lawyers complaining in August 2023 that he was subsisting on bread and water in jail because officials wouldn't comply with his dietary restrictions.
Another friend, this time a college roommate of the crypto founder, had a similar story for the court, again referencing his deep affinity for farm animals.
He also gave Bankman-Fried high marks on doing his chores around the house, saying he 'consistently did so well.'
Two parents of children on the spectrum - either with Asperger's and autism - wrote sympathetic letters describing their own struggles raising neurodivergent kids.
One parent wrote that she didn't know her son was on the spectrum until he was 31. She explained that children who have autism often shut down when presented with chaotic situations.
'Though I have never met Sam, I firmly believe that while he may be an MIT grad - he did not fully understand the scope of what was going on and did not have malicious intent.'
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
This almost reads like a Babylon Bee article.
I want to see his parents prosecuted and imprisoned as well. They were in on this.
Oh, I feel certain he will get all the “nut juice” he can handle in prison ...
... And he gives $$$ to democrats. Hey it might work in a NY court with a NY judge.
Yeah, like the most uninformed and bigoted person in the entire congress is going to do that.
This cockroach deserves to be crushed with an exemplary long, long sentence. In that manner he can do good by being a warning to others.
Sam wants to do good for the world; his world. What a joke?
...an elderly man with a poor memory. He could be president.
Make it 100 years.
My guess is that prison will get him over the ‘vegan’ stuff...there will be meat in his diet.
imagine being so stupid you only eat vegetables, and then spending the rest of your life only eating prison food.
LOL
Well, there will be plenty of animals where he’s going!
(’Though I have never met Sam, I firmly believe that while he may be an MIT grad - he did not fully understand the scope of what was going on and did not have malicious intent.’)
😂😹🤣😆
He can enjoy the “Salad Man” .
Vegens really think that the mass extinction of domestic animals is “caring”.
They also think most humans should die. It’s the Mao/Stalinist/Hitler version of “doing good for the world” .
Vegan and affinity for animals…
He’s a MENTALLY ILL CRIMINAL!!
WHY HASN'T HE BEEN IN PRISON YET?
He’s good enough, he’s smart enough and gosh darn it, people like him!
((Facepalm))
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