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Interesting that the judge wrote "non-family" and then amended it to "non-parental". Makes me wonder if one or both of the additional sureties (the names of wh
by cperciva 4y ago
Interesting that the judge wrote "non-family" and then amended it to "non-parental". Makes me wonder if one or both of the additional sureties (the names of which are sealed) are siblings.
- 1vuio0pswjnm7 4y agoI too found that noteworthy. Here's some speculation. I think there is an agreement between the government and SBF's NY-based lawyers. The lawyer SBF had in the Bahamas was not aware of it. In order to get him to come to NY instead of staying the Bahamas and fighting extradition, the government made concessions. One of those was that SBF would not have to spend any more time in pre-trial detention facilities. Meanwhile, the government's agreements with Ellison and Wang and their plea hearings were kept secret while SBF was being transported to NY. The NYTimes published some information about this some time ago. The bail amount, announced as the highest on record or some such, was obviously chosen as some sort of publicity stunt. It seems to me that SBF and his family knew he was not going to sit in a detention center in Manhattan no matter what the bail amount. This is why the bail application could specify two additional bonds but no one even knew at the time who would be the sureties for these, nor what would be the amounts. It was all part of an agreement. I would guess the sureties will be a sibling and a relative, e.g., his aunt. We may never know because the names might remain redacted.
- readthenotes1 4y agoI thought the rats, lice, roommates, and food were what prompted SBF to go back home?