SBF's lawyer says friendship with parents may not survive
Law professor David Mills, who defended FTX ’s Sam Bankman-Fried in his high-profile Crypto fraud trial earlier this year, has claimed that his friendship with the disgraced former CEO’s parents may not survive the case. He has also suggested that Bankman-Fried, who was found guilty of seven fraud and conspiracy charges in November, may be “at the very top of the list as the worst person I’ve ever seen do a cross-examination.” As reported by Bloomberg, Mills, out of loyalty to the FTX chief’s parents, agreed to fight Bankman-Fried’s corner in December 2022. He also told them that he would “see this through for you and do my best.” However, the legal veteran claimed that he believed the case to be virtually unwinnable from the get-go . He pointed specifically to pre-trial rulings by US District Judge Lewis Kaplan, and the fact that Bankman-Fried would be up against three strong prosecution witnesses, namely Alameda CEO Caroline Ellison, FTX co-founder Gary Wang, and ...