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.'
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Those letters aren’t public.
How many $millions did he steal? Lock him up.
Being a Vegan should add another ten years to his sentence.
Oh, spare me.
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“ He took every actionable step he could to reduce suffering,’ the friend wrote.”
Except for the part where he stole millions of dollars from thousands of people.
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How does the term “Vegan” impart any virtue to a person?
“and cares about doing good for the world”
Yeah, if your in the leftist, Marxist, totalitarian camp. That is were a vast majority of his Political “donations” went to.
“you are”
“Gentle”
Yes it makes a BIG difference if the person who steals your life savings does it gently.
Sarcasm.
Vegan. Has nothing to do with leniency for a crime.
Chores. Doesn’t prove innocence.
He knew what he was doing. He cheated people and needs to go to jail for a few years.
“Judge, I know I swindled people and made millions off their trust and gullibility. But I’m a vegan, so please don’t send me to prison with those nasty people with a lot of tattoos.”
“.....cares about doing good for the world”
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Because laundering illegal campaign contributions to Democrats is “doing good for the world”?
So being a vegan and doing the chores gives you a free pass on stealing $500 million? Yeah.. no. He’s about to find out one aspect of being a farm animal, courtesy of his fellow inmates, and he deserves it.
Yeah, with that: “string him up!”
He didn’t pay the big guy. The 11 1/2 hour appeal should be announcing he changed his name to “Hunter Biden.”
Seems like Hitler was a vegetarian, loved dogs, and was gentle with friends and family in a home setting. In his mind, and in that of his “friends” he was doing “great good” for the world. That’s a big “So What?”
Or maybe as evidence suggests he's a sociopath who should have his head chopped off on TV. Naturally, I mean that in the nicest possible way.
I want to see him use that line in the prison cafeteria. I am not expecting things to go well.
So What! Lock the gentle Vegan B^^^h up and throw away the key.
HOW many defenseless farm animals are hungry because of SBF???
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