Sam Bankman-Fried living on bread and water because jail won't abide vegan diet, lawyer says
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The co-founder of failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX pleaded not guilty to a seven count indictment charging him with wire fraud, securities fraud and money laundering.

The co-founder of failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX pleaded not guilty to a seven count indictment charging him with wire fraud, securities fraud and money laundering.

An attorney for FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried said in federal court Tuesday his client has to subsist on bread, water and peanut butter because the jail he’s in isn’t accommodating his vegan diet.

  • dragonflyteaparty@lemmy.world
    4014·
    10 months ago

    Veganism it’s not a simple dietary choice. Depending on how long the person has been vegan, a sudden switch could make them very sick.

    • Pogbom@lemmy.world
      452·
      10 months ago

      And let’s not pretend that prisons don’t regularly disregard inmates dietary restrictions, even the medically necessary ones. It’s easy to laugh at this one because ‘haha vegan’ but it’s still atrocious to ignore any dietary restriction, let alone such a common one.

      • arc@lemm.ee
        1313·
        10 months ago

        Being celiac, or having a nut allergy is a dietary restriction. Voluntarily choosing not to eat animals or animal products is not a dietary restriction.

        • Reggito9345@lemmy.world
          55·
          10 months ago

          I agree, I would feed him pig entrails, by force even, maybe even make him slaughter the piglet or he can’t eat anything at all.

    • arc@lemm.ee
      69·
      10 months ago

      I’m sure he could ease into a merely vegetarian or occasionally vegetarian diet. He has all the time in the world.