The law firm representing Ira Kleiman has sent a notice of appeal to the Florida District Court in an attempt to appeal the court’s rejection of a Kleiman v. Wright retrial. Craig Wright, a self-proclaimed Bitcoin inventor was found not guilty of any charges after the Kleiman V. Wright trial. However, he did face one charge of conversion.
Ira Kleiman Applauds Retrial in the Kleiman V. Wright Case
The law firm Roche Freedman LLP filed a notice to appeal with the Florida District Court System on April 8, 2022. This appeal is related to the Kleiman-v. Wright trial, which concluded on December 6, 2021. The trial started on February 14, 2018, as the self-proclaimed Bitcoin inventor Craig Wright was accused of perpetrating “a scheme against Dave’s estate to seize Dave’s bitcoins and his rights to certain intellectual property associated with the Bitcoin technology.”
After the jury had been deadlocked for several days, the verdict was reached at the close of 2021. Wright was finally found guilty. Rivero Mestre LLP, his defense team managed to defeat all of the charges with the exception of one charge. While Wright was mandated to pay $143 million to W&K Info Defense, Wright told the press that he was “incredibly relieved.”
The latest notice of appeal stems from Roche Freedman’s Velvel FreedmanThe appeal was filed for Ira Kleiman, who is the representative of Dave Kleiman’s estate. Ira Kleiman, the brother to the deceased security expert Dave Kleiman. Notice is being sent to appeal the decision to retry the case. Ira Kleiman and Roche Freedman are attempting to have the matter tried again. The appeal follows Velvel Freedman’s recent tweet that explains how Wright owes W&K Info but allegedly has not paid. Freedman was notified on March 9. tweeted:
Make that $143,132,492.48 after W&K just won prejudgment interest. Unfortunately, Craig Wright still hasn’t paid a cent.
Coingeek Article Hints at Possible Cross-Appeal, Wright Says ‘He Won the First Time and Fully Expects to Win Again’
In a recent article published by Coingeek author Jordan Atkins, the reporter says that “given the ownership status of that company, it isn’t clear how Kleiman will be able to recover any of the $140 million award.” Atkins also quotes Craig Wright in the article who firmly said that he had won the lawsuit, despite the one count of conversion. The Coingeek editorial published on April 10 also hints at a possible “cross-appeal from Dr. Wright on the count found in favor of W&K.”
“I won the first time and fully expect I will win again. The jurors came to the right decision after listening to 13 days of testimonials and deliberating for seven days, and am confident there will be no change to their decision on appeal,” Wright remarked in the Coingeek article. “David Kleiman, while being a close friend, did not co-invent Bitcoin and Ira Kleiman is entitled to nothing.”
Wright has attempted to persuade the masses that he is Satoshi Nakamoto for many years now, but overwhelming evidence against his story has provoked the crypto community at large to dismiss Wright’s theory and claims entirely.
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