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.
Depriving someone of nutrition isn’t an acceptable punishment.
Who here said anything about depriving him food? He is depriving himself, because he is fixated on an idea that is 100% ideology, compared to just taking the vegetarian option.
It sounds like he’s depriving himself
It’s not a punishment. Jail is the result of alleged bond violation through witness tampering. The same meal that every other prisoner eats there is made available to him. He’s not deprived of nutrition. If there was a medical reason that requires a vegan diet (like the prescribed adderall), don’t you think his lawyers and the media would be crying about it? No, his veganism is most likely a lifestyle choice. Still on nutrition - he may dislike it, but he can survive on boring food.