U.S. court dismisses SBF’s defense motion complicating pretrial strategy

A United States District Court has denied one of Sam Bankman-Fried’s pretrial defense motions. According to the court filing, U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan dismissed SBF’s Motion in Limine No. 1, which sought to bar the government from introducing evidence produced to the defense after July 1.

Earlier in August, SBF’s defense team proposed a series of motions in limine. These included not only the now-rejected Motion No. 1 but also motions to exclude evidence pertaining to the bankruptcy of FTX, SBF’s resignation from the company, and statements specific to FTX.US.