As reported by The Block, federal Judge Lewis Kaplan has ordered Sam Bankman-Fried to state under penalty of perjury whether attorneys assisted in drafting his February request for a new trial, citing procedural irregularities in the former FTX founder's pro se filings. Kaplan also ruled that Bankman-Fried's mother, Stanford Law professor Barbara Fried, lacks standing to file court documents on her son's behalf. Prosecutors raised additional concerns after a letter purportedly sent from Bankman-Fried's Los Angeles prison facility was traced via FedEx tracking to the Palo Alto area near Stanford's campus. Bankman-Fried faces an April 13 deadline to respond to prosecutors and an April 15 deadline to submit the required affidavit. He is serving a 25-year sentence following his 2023 conviction.