SBF Withdraws Retrial Motion, Claims Unable to Obtain Fair Trial from Judge

Odaily News SBF has written to New York Judge Lewis Kaplan, announcing the temporary withdrawal of his Rule 33 motion for a new trial. SBF stated that due to the need to focus on answering the judge's questions regarding whether his lawyers were involved in drafting the motion, and believing that he cannot receive a fair trial before this judge, he decided to withdraw the motion. He plans to reserve the right to resubmit the motion after his direct appeal and related request for judicial reassignment are adjudicated. Previously, SBF was sentenced to 25 years in prison for defrauding customers and investors. In his letter, he confirmed that the motion was primarily completed through his own independent legal research and drafting while in the Brooklyn prison, with his parents only providing editorial suggestions and assisting with printing.