Disgraced FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried bizarrely presented his former on-and-off again girlfriend Caroline Ellison a listing of pros and cons to dating him – warning “I don’t feel happiness,” according to a new book.
The list of negatives apparently outweighed the positives within the 2018 memo sent to his now ex-lover Ellison, who on the time was serving as CEO for an additional one in every of Bankman-Fried’s firms, Alameda Research, “The Big Short” creator Michael Lewis wrote in a new book in regards to the accused fraudster, according to reports.
Bankman-Fried’s trial began this week in Manhattan federal court because the 31-year-old former crypto whiz kid is facing a slew of federal charges over allegations he embezzled funds from customers at FTX to plug losses at Alameda.
Before he had to worry about potentially spending greater than 100 years in prison, Bankman-Fried was mulling over whether to proceed his relationship with Ellison.
The list, published within the book, spelled out how he has trouble respecting other people and often enjoys being alone, Business Insider reported.
“In a number of ways I don’t really have a soul,” he wrote point blank, according to the memo reportedly obtained by Lewis.
“There’s a fairly decent argument that my empathy is fake, my feelings are fake, my facial reactions are fake. I don’t feel happiness. What’s the purpose in dating someone who you physically can’t make completely happy?” he also pondered.
He was also torn about his intense give attention to work and spending time with Ellison.
Other drawbacks included his uneasiness in regards to the power dynamics of their relationship and the negative publicity if their dating got here to light, the New York Times reported.
As for the pros, Bankman-Fried openly listed, “I actually like f—king you” twice, Insider reported. He also reportedly said they’d shared interests and he enjoyed talking together with her.
He complimented her as a sensible, impressive and good person, the Times reported.
The memo got here after Ellison sent Bankman-Fried a four-page message admitting that her feelings for him “devour a ton of my brainspace” while also stating concerns she had over how their relationship could affect their jobs, Insider reported.
She also believed he was sending out mixed signals.
“Telling me that he felt conflicted about having sex with me, then having sex with me, then ignoring me for a number of months,” the book claims she wrote.
However the pros and cons didn’t deter Ellison, and she kept pursuing a relationship with Bankman-Fried, Lewis reportedly wrote.
Ellison pleaded guilty to fraud charges late last yr.
She may very well be the star witness during her ex-lover’s high profile trial, one former senior counsel on the US Securities and Exchange Commission told The Post this week.
Greater than $8 billion of consumers’ crypto assets disappeared when FTX imploded, federal officials have said.
Lewis’ new book “Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon” hit bookstores Tuesday.