The US District Court in the Southern District of Florida ordered Craig Wright to produce a cache of 11,000 documents in the multi-billion lawsuit issued by the estate of his late partner Dave Kleiman. Craig Wright’s lawyers objected to the order saying that the order is erroneous and contrary to law, and it should be reversed and vacated.
Lawyers claim that order was based on personal attacks
Craig Wright’s lawyers criticized the court order calling it wrong in law as it is based on personal attacks against Wright and his Kenyan lawyer. Previously in the case, judge Bruce E Reinhart dismissed Craig’s attempts to claim attorney-client privilege over the documents using a variety of different legal arguments. The judge said that he “gave no weight” to Wright’s sworn statements and that he had been known to provide fake documents.
Kenyan man claims that he is Wright’s lawyer
Self-proclaimed Satoshi Nakamoto, Craig Wright submitted a sworn, un-notarised declaration from a man named Denis Bosire Mayaka, who Wright claimed was his attorney. The note produced by Craig Wright read, “I am a lawyer, and I obtained my bachelor of law degree in 2007 from Moi University in Kenya.” The judge dismissed it, saying it could easily have been produced by anyone with word processing software and a pen. However, Wright’s attorneys noted that doubts over their client’s credibility and prior perceptions about forgery should not have been a factor when considering Mr. Mayaka’s credibility.
Wright’s attorneys also accused the plaintiffs, the Kleiman Estate, of not producing any evidence to support their claims that he intentionally hid documents and did not comply with discovery. The ongoing lawsuit against Craig Wright was brought on Ira Kleiman, the deceased brother of Wright’s former business partner David Kleiman, to claim back the share of his brother in the Tulip Trust, which accounts for billions of dollars, according to the lawsuit. Currently, 1,100,111 bitcoins would be worth over $8 billion from the Tulip Trust.
