A heart-shaped note was found in socks bound for Luigi Mangione
Someone tucked a heart-shaped note of encouragement into socks packed for Luigi Mangione to wear to court last month in the UnitedHealthcare CEO murder case, according to court documents made public Wednesday.
A court officer intercepted the handwritten note, which urged the jailed defendant to 바카라 게임 웹사이트keep your head held high바카라 게임 웹사이트 and 바카라 게임 웹사이트know there are thousands of people wishing you luck," according to a photo in court papers filed by Mangione's lawyers. Written on pink paper, the message was signed 바카라 게임 웹사이트K / Free Luigi.바카라 게임 웹사이트
The attorneys said they didn't realize the note was stuck in the socks until the court officer found it Feb. 21.
The note episode was disclosed amid written arguments over various requests from the defense team. They include a bid for Mangione to get a laptop to review legal material in jail while he awaits trial in the December shooting death of Brian Thompson, 50.
Thompson was killed outside a midtown hotel where UnitedHealthcare was holding an investor conference. Mangione, 26, has pleaded not guilty to New York charges including murder as an act of terrorism.
Objecting to the proposed laptop as a request for unmerited special treatment, prosecutor Joel Seidemann wrote in a court document that 바카라 게임 웹사이트special treatment to the defendant바카라 게임 웹사이트s benefit was violated when (prosecutors) made accommodations for defendant바카라 게임 웹사이트s fashion needs during the last court appearance.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Prosecutors and Mangione's lawyers differ over how frequently jailed defendants switch from uniforms to their own clothing for routine court dates with no jury present. In any event, Mangione was allowed to change into clothes brought by his legal team for the Feb. 21 hearing.
The note 바카라 게임 웹사이트 plus a heart-shaped thank-you note addressed to someone called 바카라 게임 웹사이트Joan바카라 게임 웹사이트 바카라 게임 웹사이트 were hidden in a piece of cardboard at the center of a new pair of argyle socks, according to the defense and prosecution letters to the court.
바카라 게임 웹사이트This was obviously inadvertent,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Mangione lawyer Karen Friedman Agnifilo wrote. She said the defense hadn't noticed the missives while hastening to get the clothes to him before court.
It바카라 게임 웹사이트s not clear who wrote the notes or slipped them into the socks. The court documents didn바카라 게임 웹사이트t say, prosecutors declined to elaborate and Mangione's legal team declined to comment.
Mangione donned the socks but later took them off 바카라 게임 웹사이트because he felt that 바카라 게임 웹사이트they did not look good,바카라 게임 웹사이트바카라 게임 웹사이트 according to Seidemann's letter.
Mangione appeared in court in loafers, his bare ankles shackled.
While elected officials, UnitedHealthcare and others have decried Thompson's killing, Mangione has attracted a cult following as a stand-in for frustrations over health insurance coverage denials and hefty medical bills. Dozens of his supporters showed up for the Feb. 21 hearing. One sported a green 바카라 게임 웹사이트Luigi바카라 게임 웹사이트 hat from the Mario Bros. video game franchise and many wore green, the Luigi character바카라 게임 웹사이트s color, as a symbol of solidarity.
Mangione himself wore a green sweater, 바카라 게임 웹사이트consistent with what his sympathizers were calling for supporters to wear," Seidemann noted.
Yet one of the prosecutors also wore green, Friedman Agnifilo retorted, suggesting that prosecutors focus more on 바카라 게임 웹사이트Mr. Mangione바카라 게임 웹사이트s constitutional rights 바카라 게임 웹사이트 and less on the color of Mr. Mangione바카라 게임 웹사이트s sweater.바카라 게임 웹사이트
In addition to the Manhattan case, Mangione faces federal charges in Thompson바카라 게임 웹사이트s killing and state-level gun possession and other charges in Pennsylvania. He hasn't entered any pleas in those cases.