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After both men were moved to the same area of a Brooklyn jail, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has now hired the same lawyer who is representing Sam Bankman-Fried. Indeed, a new Business Insider reported Combs’ change in litigation as he is set to appeal the decision to jail him as his trial awaits. Combs is currently awaiting a hearing regarding sex trafficking charges. Moreover, his stay in the New York Metropolitan Detention Center has seen him housed in the same unit as the FTX founder and former CEO. Now, they are both set to share representation in the form of Alexandra Shapiro. JUST IN: Sean 'Diddy' Combs hires the same lawyer representing Sam Bankman-Fried. pic.twitter.com/hVVVUlHbTg — Watcher.Guru (@WatcherGuru) October 1, 2024 Also Read: Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Moved to Same New York Jail as Sam Bankman-Fried Diddy Combs Hires Sam Bankman-Fried’s Lawyer Ahead of Appeal The crypto market has yet to see a controversy as massive as the downfall of FTX. One of the larg...

Sam Bankman-Fried has filed an official appeal to overturn his fraud conviction in the case of fallen crypto exchange FTX. The founder of the collapsed FTX exchange was convicted last fall and is serving a 25-year sentence in prison. JUST IN: Sam Bankman-Fried files appeal to overturn FTX fraud conviction. — Watcher.Guru (@WatcherGuru) September 13, 2024 In the 102-page appeal, a lawyer for Mr. Bankman-Fried called for a new trial. The defendants pointed to several rulings by Judge Lewis A. Kaplan of Manhattan that limited Bankman-Fried to introduce evidence and hampered his defense. “Sam Bankman-Fried was never presumed innocent,” wrote the lawyer, Alexandra A.E. Shapiro. “He was presumed guilty by the judge who presided over his trial.” Sam Bankman-Fried Appeals FTX Conviction Shapiro’s written appeal also criticized a ruling by Judge Kaplan that prevented Bankman-Fried from arguing in court that FTX’s users had not actually lost money. SBF and his defense argued that use...