Sam Bankman-Fried is low on meds, living on $3 peanut butter in prison
Lawyers representing the former FTX CEO say he's being served a “flesh diet” in prison even though he's vegan, and has been subsisting on bread, water and peanut butter. FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has seemingly been doing it tough behind bars, eating only bread with peanut butter to accommodate his vegan diet, while exhausting his supply of prescription medication. In the same hearing where Bankman-Fried pleaded not guilty to seven fraud-related charges, Bankman-Fried’s lawyers pleaded for the former FTX CEO to receive better treatment inside Brooklyn’s notorious Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC), according to an Aug. 22 transcript shared by the Inner City Press. Bankman-Fried’s attorneys claimed that due to the lack of vegan options provided by the prison, he had been forced to subsist on a diet of bread, peanut butter and water. The former FTX boss refused to eat the “flesh diet” being served at the MDC. Mark Cohen: They are serving him a flesh diet. He is only eating b...