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Judge Lewis A. Kaplan, at-
torneys Christian Everdell
and Mark Cohen re-
newed their request for the
31-year-old to be freed so
he can adequately pre-
pare for his Oct. 3 trial.
He'd been living with his
parents in Palo Alto, Cali-
fornia, under the terms of
a $250 million bail deal
that was in place since he facebook.com/arubatoday/