A vegan diet requested by the FTX founder while he is in prison is not being provided, a judge was told.
Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, is « subsisting on bread and water » in prison, according to his lawyer.
The prison he is being held in ahead of his trial has not provided a vegan diet he requested, his lawyer says.
Last year, Mr Bankman-Fried was charged with fraud after the failure of FTX.
During the court hearing in New York on Tuesday Mr Bankman-Fried pleaded not guilty to seven criminal charges contained in a new indictment.
The former billionaire’s lawyer, Mark Cohen, said a lack of adequate food was hampering his client’s ability to prepare for his trial, which is scheduled to start in October.
