--- title: "FTX Founder Suffers Personal Nightmare as Courts Cut Him Off From League of Legends" description: "As a result of newly-tightened bail restrictions, Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried is no longer allowed to play his favorite videogame. Brutal." date: "2023-03-29" modified: "2023-03-29" authors: - name: "Maggie Harrison Dupré" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/mharrison" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/sbf-ftx-courts-cut-off-league-of-legends" categories: - "Blockchain" - "Future Society" tags: - "crypto" - "ftx" - "sam bankman-fried" - "the digest" --- # FTX Founder Suffers Personal Nightmare as Courts Cut Him Off From League of Legends ![As a result of newly-tightened bail restrictions, Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried is no longer allowed to play his favorite videogame. Brutal.]() *\Image: Gotham via Getty / Futurism\* ## Extra Grounded Disgraced cryptocurrency exchange CEO Sam Bankman-Fried just moved into a new circle of personal house-arrest hell. Until now, the former head of FTX has enjoyed a relatively cozy at-home arrest at his parent's [$3.5 million-plus]() Palo Alto home, spending his days playing with his [new guard dog](), writing long-winded [Substack posts]() about how FTX was actually still solvent at the time of his arrest, and so on. Most importantly, he's been able to play the popular video game League of Legends, his passion for which is, for lack of a better word, [legendary](). The former CEO has taken to Twitter a [number]() [of times]() to discuss his obsession with the cult-status game, and, [according to lore](), once played the game throughout the duration of a massively important pitch meeting with the investment firm Sequoia. But sadly, it appears that his League of Legends days are [officially over](). On Monday, prosecutors in the case against the former crypto wunderkind [issued stricter bail requirements](), which, among a number of other restrictions, bar the accused fraudster from playing any videogames that, like League of Legends, "permit chat or voice communication." Brutal. ## Flip Phone The new court-issued guidelines also restrict the founder to the use of a single, court-issued laptop, on which Bankman-Fried is only allowed to browse "pre-approved" websites, a list that includes all ".gov" sites as well as YouTube, Wikipedia, and several blockchain-trackers. Most major news sites are also still on the table, as are food delivery services — a bright spot on a dark day for the [Doordash-stanning]() Bankman-Fried. His smartphone has also been taken and replaced with an Uncle Sam-approved flip phone. And though his parents, who are both Stanford professors, are allowed to keep and use their personal devices freely, their son is NOT to access them, and all visitors to the house have to agree to hand their devices over to security guards upon entering the home. We'd be lying if we said we weren't a little bit bummed about the fact that SBF is no longer allowed on Substack, as we would have loved reading a rambling SBF newsletter about those new charges accusing him of spending $40 million to [successfully bribe Chinese authorities]() — a revelation that we're sure has nothing to do with this newly-tightened government leash. But allegations aside, Futurism is not on the government-approved list, so SBF likely won't be reading this anyways. **READ MORE:** [*SBF Cut Off From His Favorite Toys Under New Proposed Bail Conditions*]() \[*Gizmodo*\] **More on SBF:** [*FTX's New CEO Says Company Did "Old Fashioned Embezzlement"*]() ## Author At Futurism, I've reported extensively on the rise of AI as a cultural and business force shaping the media industry, and more broadly how those dynamics are changing how we all consume and share information and relate to one another. I'm also fascinated by public health policy and ethics, the role of emerging tech in politics and governance — and the powerful people and forces at those intersections — climate change, and the environment. My investigation on Sports Illustrated's use of AI-generated authors with fictional biographies won a 2024 Mirror Award for "Best Story on Media Coverage of Artificial Intelligence in Journalism and the Media" from Syracuse University's SI Newhouse School, I contributed to Niemen Lab's 2025 Predictions for Journalism series, and I've discussed my work for Futurism during appearances on NPR, CNN, the BBC, the CBC, and more. I grew up in rural Pennsylvania and attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where I played Division I field hockey for the Minutewomen as a midfielder. Since then, I've lived in New Orleans, Louisiana and Manhattan, New York. I spend my free time running, reading, perusing archival fashion, and searching for the world’s best negroni. I also have a debonair tuxedo cat, Westley, who's named after "The Princess Bride." ### Author social links [Bluesky]()