Luigi Mangione receives $ 300,000 from supporters for defense in the case of murder

Luigi Mangione received nearly $ 300,000 to gifts from supporters waiting for court after being charged with murder CEO UNITHEALTHCARE Brian Thompson.

Legal Committee 4th December Fundraiser at GivendGo for Mangione Legal defense after his arrest December 2024. In the beginning of this month, the organization said that the law team Mangione received $ 297,000 for the campaign for payment of legal accounts.

Head of Mangione, Head of Mangione, Karen Friedman AgniFiloHe told Commission on December 4 that her client “very much appreciates the vaulting of support” from more than 10,000 individual donors. People He confirmed that the contribution from the Committee 4th December – named for the date of Thompson’s death at the age of 50 – was authentic but Agnifilo did not issue a public statement on cash support.

“We are excited that the money raised by this campaign will go to build the strongest possible defense against these offensive accusations,” the committee wrote in his statement, claiming that “the average American understands who are real culprits” in the situation.

Committee on December 4 continued to kill the charges of terrorism filed against mangione (26 years) as “fundamentally unacceptable”. At the end of 2024, Mangione was named the main suspect in Thompson’s death. The New York large jury accused Mangione of terrorist accusations in the same month except for the first degree murder. They also face charges for holding weapons and counterfeit instruments.

Before he was hired to represent Mangione, AgniFilo said in a television interview: “It looks like I could get” innocently because of madness “of defense they will think because evidence will be so stunning that he did it , what he did. ”

Glutton He finally confessed that he was not guilty to state fees. Currently, the prestrial is held at the Metropolitan detention center in Brooklyn, New York.

Thomas Dickeywho is also on the Mangione defense team, previously spoke about the decision of his client to contribute not guilty.

“I haven’t seen any evidence of being a shooter,” Dickey told reporters in December 2024. And at this point I saw zero evidence. ”

After Mangion’s arrest, unprecedented public support He inspired two documents about the case. The actors were also asked if they would like to play mangione in scripted projects – S Cooper Koch at the top of the list of people.

“I think I have to deviate from the scenes of a crime and do something else,” Koch, who played a convicted killer Erik Menandezsaid Fun tonight “But I found out that it was cheerful.”

The actor recognized the similarity between him and the mangion and added: “Sure. I see it. ”