Crypto streams, soaked investors, and randos packed the courtroom, where the trial is wrapping up.
marched into Manhattan federal court Tuesday accompanied by an occasional camera click. But the swaths of people lined up outside the courthouse—who had arrived as early as 1:30 a.m.—weren’t there for the movie star.
Because of the courthouse’s strict rules about electronics, the onlookers were phone-free throughout their time at the trial, leading to some unexpected conversations—and occasionally, friendships. On Friday, a retired Wall Street compliance officer and a 20-something trader at a family office found common ground in their love of On, a Roger Federer-backed shoe brand.
Ogle also has a personal tie to the case: He said he lost “in the low eight figures” in FTX’s collapse and that a conviction for Bankman-Fried could help bring him closure. “It would be nice to know that justice was served,” he said. And tear him apart she did. The audience was rapt as Assistant U.S. Attorney Danielle Sassoon brutalized Bankman-Fried on the witness stand, grilling him about his private jet usage, luxury real estate purchases, and conflicting statements to the media. On Monday, the first day of Bankman-Fried’s cross-examination, an audience member literally pulled out a bag of popcorn.
Esther Wiseman, Bryony Belworthy, and Lizze Hedden were in town from the U.K. to run a half-marathon and stumbled across the courthouse while sightseeing. They decided to watch the trial “because we’d never been anywhere like this,” Wiseman said. “Everybody's making notes… It’s a different world.” The trio were so captivated by the experience they told a friend who will be visiting in a few weeks she should go to the courthouse, too.
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