US judge tightens Bankman-Fried's bail, considers jail until trial

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s bail conditions have been tightened after United States prosecutors accused him of witness tampering by sharing a former romantic partner’s personal writings with a reporter.

Judge Lewis A Kaplan imposed a “gag order” restricting Bankman-Fried’s ability to speak publicly and said he would consider prosecutors’ request to jail the former billionaire until the first of two trials in October.

“I am certainly very mindful of his First Amendment rights, and I am very mindful of the government’s interest here, which I take very seriously,” Kaplan told a Manhattan federal court on Wednesday. “And I say to the defendant, Mr Bankman-Fried: You better take it seriously, too.”

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