[HN Gopher] Second suretor of SBF's bond, for $500k, is Larry Kr...
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Second suretor of SBF's bond, for $500k, is Larry Kramer
Author : latchkey
Score : 20 points
Date : 2023-02-15 19:26 UTC (3 hours ago)
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| paulpauper wrote:
| What does he hope get from this? His downside is 500k. his upside
| is what?
| detourdog wrote:
| freindship?
| trynewideas wrote:
| Take with a grain of salt: https://news.yahoo.com/just-learned-
| names-2-people-185945980...
|
| > "Joe Bankman and Barbara Fried have been close friends of my
| wife and I since the mid-1990s," Kramer wrote in an email.
| "During the past two years, while my family faced a harrowing
| battle with cancer, they have been the truest of friends -
| bringing food, providing moral support, and frequently stepping
| in at moment's notice to help. In turn, we have sought to
| support them as they face their own crisis."
|
| > He also said he had no business interest in the $500,000 he
| contributed towards Bankman-Fried's bond.
|
| > "My actions are in my personal capacity, and I have no
| business dealings or interest in this matter other than to help
| our loyal and steadfast friends," Kramer wrote. "Nor do I have
| any comment or position regarding the substance of the legal
| matter itself, which is what the trial will be for."
| mikeyouse wrote:
| As fun as the fantastical conspiracy theories are, often the
| truth is the much more boring "Wealthy people are like
| everyone else and will often help their friends' families if
| they're in a position to do so."
|
| I'd lean toward that explanation here. The only question with
| SBF is how long he's going to spend in prison so it's not
| surprising a friend of his family stepped in so they could
| spend the duration of the court case with him rather than
| visiting him in pre-trial detention.
| [deleted]
| trynewideas wrote:
| https://archive.ph/Pqr04
|
| > "I had a friend who said, 'You don't want to be seen with (Sam
| Bankman-Fried's parents),'" said Larry Kramer, a former dean of
| the law school and a close friend of the Bankman-Fried family. "I
| don't see how this doesn't bankrupt them."
|
| Bankman-Fried's parents were both Stanford Law professors.
|
| http://archive.today/FDEIc
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| > A spokeswoman for Mr. Bankman and Ms. Fried wouldn't comment on
| whether they are giving their son legal advice. Their friends,
| some of them legal scholars themselves, have said Mr. Bankman-
| Fried's frequent media appearances are a mistake that could put
| him deeper in legal jeopardy.
|
| > "They want him to protect himself, and he won't," said Larry
| Kramer, a former dean at Stanford Law and longtime family friend.
| "They've decided, 'We're not going to fight with our son.'
|
| ...
|
| > Friends and colleagues said Mr. Bankman, who is also a clinical
| psychologist by training, abhors conflict. When discussions at
| the Bankman-Frieds' Sunday dinner parties turned contentious, Mr.
| Bankman on occasion would step out of the room, friends said.
|
| > "Joe likes people and wants people to be comfortable," Mr.
| Kramer said.
| mrguyorama wrote:
| Ah yes, because ignoring bad people and stupid problems always
| results in a good outcome!
| touisteur wrote:
| Come on. At dinner parties. You don't have to make every
| minute of your life a crusade. On sundays! I don't GAF about
| the rest of the story here but using this as a character
| failure demonstration is inane.
| latchkey wrote:
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Kramer_(legal_scholar)
| latchkey wrote:
| https://twitter.com/MailePRMedia/status/1625937066252185600
|
| Also, Andreas Paepcke, Stanford research scientist.
|
| http://infolab.stanford.edu/~paepcke/
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