Luigi Mangione revealed in a letter to considered one of his supporters that he's increasing his music style whereas awaiting his trials for the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
“Final week, I downloaded a bunch of Taylor Swift and Charli XCX [songs] onto my pill,” Mangione, 27, wrote to the proprietor of the X account The Mangione Trial, who shared a photo of the handwritten letter on Tuesday, October 28.
“I've by no means actually listened to both of them, however some phony listing of my favourite music circulated on social media,” he continued. “Slightly than be a buzzkill and set the file straight, I figured I'd see what all of the hype was about.”
Mangione, 27, shared that in the future he was listening to “Cardigan” from Swift's 2020 album Folklore whereas “strolling laps on the highest tier” of his unit on the Metropolitan Detention Middle in Brooklyn when a fellow inmate generally known as “King” known as him over to ask what he had been enjoying.
“He scolds me for some time, then replaces all my music,” he wrote. “Now I take heed to ‘Lil Durk‘!”
Mangione concluded his June 3-dated letter by saying he was notably “grateful” for Durk's 2013 track “Dis Ain't What U Need,” which notably consists of the lyrics, “F*** breaking information” and “They are saying I terrify my metropolis.”
Mangione's group says they “don't have a way to confirm the authenticity of letters or emails attributed to Luigi,” however a supply confirms to Us Weekly that it's reliable.
Inmates at MDC Brooklyn should buy internet-free tablets from the jail's commissary. Us solely reported in August {that a} federal choose additionally allowed Mangione to obtain a laptop computer behind bars to entry case-related info so he may start getting ready his protection.
The Manhattan District Lawyer's Workplace fraudulently gained entry to Luigi Mangione‘s personal medical data, the accused CEO killer's attorneys claimed in a bombshell submitting on Thursday, July 17. Mangione's counsel, Karen Friedman Agnifilo, Marc Agnifilo and Jacob Kaplan, alleged in court docket paperwork obtained by Us Weekly that Assistant D.A. Joel Seidemann “drafted and signed” a […]
Mangione has been accused of fatally capturing Thompson, 50, in New York Metropolis in December 2024. He was indicted on 11 state prices, two of which had been dismissed in September resulting from inadequate proof, along with 4 federal prices, considered one of which carries the dying penalty.
Mangione, an Ivy League graduate from a outstanding Maryland household, has pleaded not responsible to all the prices. His supporters have raised greater than $1.3 million for his authorized fund.
Lawyer Arthur Aidala instructed People on Tuesday that Mangione has been a “mannequin prisoner” within the 10 months since his arrest in Pennsylvania.
“My understanding is that he's a rule follower, in contrast to loads of people in there,” Aidala mentioned. “Plenty of people in there, you understand, they determine a approach to get in contraband, whether or not that be medication or unauthorized cellphones and issues like that. However my understanding is that he's not like that, and he hasn't been written up for any violations of any type.”
Aidala shared that Mangione has even develop into an “ambassador” for brand new inmates, explaining, “When folks get there they usually don't know what the heck is happening, he's form of the one who welcomes them and does his finest to allay their fears and, you understand, form of exhibits them the ropes of what life within the Metropolitan Detention Middle is like and what to do — and generally, extra importantly, what to not do.”
