Fried's defense team secured extended release Adderall to help the former crypto billionaire focus as they weigh putting him on the stand in his fraud trial.

Even though the FTX founder was not a part of last week's proceedings, his role in the Alameda CEO's life loomed large.

Sean "Diddy" Combs is appealing a judge's decision to keep him locked up in a Brooklyn jail ahead of his trial on sex-trafficking charges. The new lawyer he picked up is also representing his roommate, notorious fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried.

Fried's ex-girlfriend and co-conspirator, Caroline Ellison, was sentenced to 24 months behind bars for her role in the collapse of the crypto empire.

Combs’ new lawyer, Alexandra Shapiro, will help him appeal a judge’s decision to keep him detained in a Brooklyn jail while he awaits trial on sex trafficking and racketeering charges, among others. A Sept. 18 notice of appeal lists Shapiro as his counsel.

Ellison has pleaded guilty to seven felony counts of fraud and conspiracy, and testified as a prosecution witness in the trial of Bankman-Fried, who was convicted of fraud and other charges last year

Former cryptocurrency executive Caroline Ellison was sentenced to two years in prison for her role in her former boyfriend Sam Bankman-Fried's theft of US$8 billion in customer funds.

Former FTX employee and "longtime" friend of Sam Bankman-Fried said he quit the crypto exchange after allegations that customer funds had been misused.

An assistant U.S. attorney read off a list of witnesses who might take the stand in Sam Bankman-Fried's criminal fraud trial. They included his parents, brother, former Alameda CEO (and his ex-romantic partner) Caroline Ellison,