SBF leaked diaries to harass Caroline Ellison and derail trial, lawsuit claims
Sam Bankman Fried (SBF) has been accused of leaking personal diaries written by his former girlfriend and Alamada chief Caroline Ellison in an effort to discredit her before she appears as the prosecution’s “star witness” in his upcoming fraud trial . That’s according to state attornies in the SBF trial, who said SBF “sought to publicly discredit a government witness by sharing her personal writings with a reporter so that these private documents would be featured in a New York Times article.” According to a court filing from Thursday, “In addition to tainting the jury pool, the effect, if not the intent, of the defendant’s conduct is not only to harass Ellison but also to deter other potential trial witnesses from testifying.” As a result, the government is seeking to impose an “order that limits extrajudicial statements by parties and witnesses likely to interfere with a fair trial by an impartial jury .” Ellison’s leaked diaries detail both her own doubt...