On October 31st, SBF's lawyers attempted again to persuade the supervising jury to consider the role of UK law in managing FTX's terms of service, hoping that this could lead to a "not guilty" verdict on some of the fraud charges faced by SBF. "According to the (UK) government's theory, in order for theft to occur, there must be a trust, trust relationship or similar relationship between FTX and its customers," a document including proposed jury instructions said, "FTX's relationship with its customers is governed by the terms of service, which are in turn governed by...UK law"; another set of documents provided cases from the UK.
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