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Published on July 26, 2024 20:20 GMT+00:00edited on July 26, 2024 20:24 GMT+00:00

Lawyers for former FTX executive Ryan Salame asked a New York court to push back his prison time to get urgent surgery after being "mauled" by a dog while visiting a friend's home.

Salame, previously the co-CEO of FTX Digital Markets, was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison after pleading guilty to criminal charges last year. Salame was set to appear for his sentencing on Aug. 29 of this year, but his lawyer is asking for that date to be pushed to Oct. 13.

Salame "was mauled by a German Shepherd while visiting a friend’s home" on June 29, the lawyers said in a letter to Judge Lewis Kaplan of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Parts of the letter and attached exhibits were redacted.

Salame later saw a doctor on July 3 and was evaluated "after …