With or without testifying he cut a remarkably unlikeable figure. Smug, aloof, arrogant and condescending, honestly much more so than a typical white collar defendant. I suppose his fatal flaw, though was not having anyone else to blame.
At least he wasn’t playing League of Legends on the stand. That’s a small win, I guess?
Oh, he definitely had people to blame, like the FTX lawyers, it’s just that he got caught lying or dancing around the truth so frequently that nobody would believe him.
1. Binance / CZ (Binance's CEO)
2. Caroline Ellison
3. Sullivan & Cromwell LLP (https://www.sullcrom.com/)
4. John Ray III (FTX's bankruptcy CEO)