Luigi Mangione seems at a listening to for the homicide of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson at Manhattan Prison Court docket on February 21, 2025 in New York Metropolis.
Curtis Means/Getty Photographs
cover caption
toggle caption
Curtis Means/Getty Photographs
Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, had his first court docket look on Friday since he was arraigned in December on costs which embrace homicide as an act of terrorism.
Mangione appeared in Manhattan Prison Court docket handcuffed and carrying a bulletproof vest. His lawyer, Karen Friedman Agnifilo, informed Choose Gregory Carro that there have been “critical search and seizure points” along with her shopper’s arrest in Pennsylvania, and that she would search to exclude some proof. Gothamist reviews Agnifilo additionally stated that Mayor Eric Adams and a high NYPD official improperly mentioned proof on this case.
Although the listening to was procedural, supporters gathered exterior the courthouse holding footage of Mangione and indicators saying issues like, “Healthcare reform now; we’re dying.”
Mangione pleaded not responsible on all counts in New York state court docket again in December, however has but to enter a plea on his federal costs, which embrace homicide. If discovered responsible in federal court docket, he may face the loss of life penalty.
Mangione’s case has attracted worldwide consideration, and sparked a nationwide dialog concerning the well being care system within the U.S.
Supporters of Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, collect exterior of Manhattan Prison Court docket. His case has sparked nationwide dialog about well being care protection in United States.
Spencer Platt/Getty Photographs
cover caption
toggle caption
Spencer Platt/Getty Photographs
Friday morning shares of UnitedHealth Group fell after reviews that the Division of Justice has began investigating the corporate’s Medicare billing practices. This comes after its inventory sank following Thompson’s loss of life.
Mangione has acquired widespread public assist, regardless of state and federal officers discouraging it. Moreover, his New York authorized protection crew has began an internet site with details about the case, ship Mangione pictures in jail (not more than 5 at a time) and contribute to his authorized protection fund, which had raised greater than half 1,000,000 {dollars} as of Friday.
His web site additionally features a assertion from Mangione which says, “I’m overwhelmed by — and grateful for — everybody who has written me to share their tales and categorical their assist. Powerfully, this assist has transcended political, racial, and even class divisions, as mail has flooded MDC from throughout the nation, and across the globe. Whereas it’s inconceivable for me to answer to most letters, please know that I learn each one that I obtain. Thanks once more to everybody who took the time to put in writing. I sit up for listening to extra sooner or later.”
Luigi Mangione’s ft are seen manacled at a listening to for the homicide of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson at Manhattan Prison Court docket.
Curtis Means/Getty Photographs
cover caption
toggle caption
Curtis Means/Getty Photographs
Mangione is at the moment being held on the Metropolitan Detention Middle in Brooklyn, and his subsequent court docket date in New York is ready for June, although no trial date has been set but.