Disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) will agree to a potential gag order and refrain from making any public statements related to FTX and the people involved in the lawsuit, Reuters reported.
Presiding Judge Lewis Kaplan will make a ruling on whether the gag order is needed or not at an upcoming July 26 hearing.
SBF has come under fire for sharing information related to Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison during an interview with the New York Times, which prosecutors claim was an act of witness tampering.
No malicious intent
The former FTX CEO’s lawyers confirmed in a letter to Judge Kaplan that SBF had met with reporters and gave them documents that were written by Ellison but denied the witness tampering allegations levied by the prosecution.
The defense said that the prosecution’s claims were unfounded and SBF had no malicious intent behind his actions. According to defense lawyer Mark Cohen:
“[SBF] did not violate the protective order in this case, nor did he viola
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