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> very much against the advice of his lawyers According to Sam Bankman-Fried. Not the most reliable source.

coralreef 4y ago
What self respecting lawyer would ever advise their client, whom is probably being investigated for criminal charges, to tell their story to the media?
- maxbond 4y ago
  Prediction: in the next few weeks we will see a story about his lawyers firing their client.
  - SilasX 4y ago
    We already went through one cycle of that: https://cointelegraph.com/news/sbf-s-lawyers-terminate-ftx-representation-due-to-conflicts-of-interest https://cointelegraph.com/news/sbf-s-lawyers-terminate-ftx-r...
- throwawaylinux 4y ago
  Can't PR play a big part in high profile and political trials? I feel it can definitely be a strategy to try to put your story out before someone else does. Obviously you're not going to come out and say you're doing this as a PR strategy developed with your legal team, you're going to act like it's a personal risk to yourself to tell your story, which I suppose lends it some credibility in the eyes of some people. Like some of the people in this thread. The man's a con artist. I'm astounded that people still believe anything he says. I suppose I shouldn't be, he must be a very good con man because he managed to steal billions of dollars.
jandrese 4y ago
Any lawyer worth their salt would tell their client to not talk to the press. There's literally no upside and unlimited downside.
- public_defender 4y ago
  The upside is establishing a counter-narrative in the media. The hope is to inoculate the general public with the story of your defense, so that people who have been exposed to your defense theory are more likely to be on your jury. I'm not vouching for the strategy, but it's far from (legal) suicide.
  - jandrese 4y ago
    If a potential jury member knows about him they'll be excused from the jury. It's part of the selection process, and one reason jury selection is hard when you have high profile cases like this.
    - public_defender 4y ago
      It can happen that way. It can also happen another way where knowing about him isn't enough to be excused. It depends.
  - miracle2k 4y ago
    It's not just about the jury. Public opinion motivates and incentives all actors, from prosecutors, regulators and judges.
- totalZero 4y ago
  He's already fuxx0red so getting in front of the media and trying to humanize himself while controlling the public interpretation of what happened is perhaps the only way to avoid getting continually pilloried. I think this is a thought-out move...his parents are law professors. It's not a Shia LaBeouf type of self-flagellation, I don't think. One thing I learned from the Martin Shkreli saga is that, if the people hate you enough for something atrocious that is technically lawful, the government will poke holes in you until they find something not-atrocious that is clearly unlawful. There's probably value in winning the public over, even if they don't technically have a say in the legal proceedings.
  - 4y ago

What self respecting lawyer would ever advise their client, whom is probably being investigated for criminal charges, to tell their story to the media?

maxbond 4y ago
Prediction: in the next few weeks we will see a story about his lawyers firing their client.
- SilasX 4y ago
  We already went through one cycle of that: https://cointelegraph.com/news/sbf-s-lawyers-terminate-ftx-representation-due-to-conflicts-of-interest https://cointelegraph.com/news/sbf-s-lawyers-terminate-ftx-r...
throwawaylinux 4y ago
Can't PR play a big part in high profile and political trials? I feel it can definitely be a strategy to try to put your story out before someone else does. Obviously you're not going to come out and say you're doing this as a PR strategy developed with your legal team, you're going to act like it's a personal risk to yourself to tell your story, which I suppose lends it some credibility in the eyes of some people. Like some of the people in this thread. The man's a con artist. I'm astounded that people still believe anything he says. I suppose I shouldn't be, he must be a very good con man because he managed to steal billions of dollars.

jandrese 4y ago

Any lawyer worth their salt would tell their client to not talk to the press. There's literally no upside and unlimited downside.

public_defender 4y ago
The upside is establishing a counter-narrative in the media. The hope is to inoculate the general public with the story of your defense, so that people who have been exposed to your defense theory are more likely to be on your jury. I'm not vouching for the strategy, but it's far from (legal) suicide.
- jandrese 4y ago
  If a potential jury member knows about him they'll be excused from the jury. It's part of the selection process, and one reason jury selection is hard when you have high profile cases like this.
  - public_defender 4y ago
    It can happen that way. It can also happen another way where knowing about him isn't enough to be excused. It depends.
- miracle2k 4y ago
  It's not just about the jury. Public opinion motivates and incentives all actors, from prosecutors, regulators and judges.
totalZero 4y ago
He's already fuxx0red so getting in front of the media and trying to humanize himself while controlling the public interpretation of what happened is perhaps the only way to avoid getting continually pilloried. I think this is a thought-out move...his parents are law professors. It's not a Shia LaBeouf type of self-flagellation, I don't think. One thing I learned from the Martin Shkreli saga is that, if the people hate you enough for something atrocious that is technically lawful, the government will poke holes in you until they find something not-atrocious that is clearly unlawful. There's probably value in winning the public over, even if they don't technically have a say in the legal proceedings.
- 4y ago