Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried is appealing his 25-year sentence after a five-week trial last year.

- Bankman-Fried is appealing a court ruling that found him guilty of fraud of more than $8 billion, according to the New York Times.

- His new attorney, Alexandra A.E. Shapiro, claims Judge Kaplan initially believed he was guilty.

- Request for a new trial claims the judge limited the defense and evidence.

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