Bankman-Fried Defense Seeks Leniency, Disputes 'Super-Villain' Portrayal in Sentencing Recommendation

• Defense team pushes back against DOJ's "disturbing" 50-year sentence recommendation for Bankman-Fried

• Filing says DOJ makes Bankman-Fried out to be "depraved super-villain" which "flies in the face of the record"

• Defense argues Bankman-Fried tried to help FTX bankruptcy but was "rebuffed"

• Filing says Bankman-Fried poses no risk of recidivism

• Defense urges sentence should not "break" or "disable" 32-year-old Bankman-Fried