Disgraced Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon is reportedly asking a decide to delay the U.S. Securities and Alternate Fee’s (SEC) trial to March so he could make an look.
In a brand new letter addressed to the courtroom uncovered by Internal Metropolis Press, Kwon’s attorneys ask District Decide Jed S. Rakoff to postpone the trial till Kwon – who’s at the moment being held by authorities in Montenegro – could be extradited.
Within the letter, Kwon’s attorneys say that if the decide can not grant his request, he’d just like the jury to be instructed on why he was unable to testify.
“Mr. Kwon needs to attend his trial. Counsel had hoped the extradition proceedings in Montenegro would proceed extra rapidly than they’ve. Sadly, it now seems that Mr. Kwon isn’t more likely to be extradited till February or March on the earliest. We perceive the Court docket can not put the trial on maintain indefinitely, however an adjournment till mid-March would offer a sensible risk for Mr. Kwon to attend.
For these causes, Mr. Kwon doesn’t waive his proper to attend and requests a brief adjournment of the trial date to permit for his attendance. Ought to the Court docket decline to adjourn the trial date, Mr. Kwon intends to ask the Court docket to supply the jury with an instruction concerning Mr. Kwon’s absence and incapacity to testify that isn’t unduly prejudicial to him.”
Kwon was arrested in Montenegro final yr after making an attempt to board a flight to Dubai with cast paperwork. He’s needed by authorities in each the US and South Korea for his alleged function within the multi-billion-dollar downfall of the Terra (LUNA) ecosystem in 2022.
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