Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyer lays out ex-FTX CEO’s Supreme Court case
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Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyer is asking the US Supreme Court to take up the case, and one timeline mentioned for a possible decision is June 2027 if review is granted. The petition also raises arguments about evidence used at trial and the $11 billion forfeiture order.
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The immediate impact is on Sam Bankman-Fried and the US Supreme Court process around his case. If review is granted, the timeline mentioned points to a possible decision as early as June 2027, which sets a long horizon for when the case could reach another ruling.
In practice, the petition keeps alive challenges to both the trial record and the financial penalty. It says the trial used customer losses tied to FTX when deciding whether he should be charged, and it also contests the $11 billion forfeiture under the Eighth Amendment; what changes next is whether the justices choose to review those arguments.
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