Luigi Mangione retained distinguished lawyer Karen Friedman Agnifilo to symbolize him on New York expenses within the homicide of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
The agency, Agnifilo Intrater LLC, confirmed Friedman Agnifilo will symbolize him however declined to remark additional.
“She is not going to be making any statements right now,” the agency mentioned in a press release.
Friedman Agnifilo was the chief assistant district lawyer within the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office beneath Cyrus Vance Jr. for seven years. She additionally served 4 years because the chief of the workplace’s trial division.
The dayslong manhunt for the shooter ended Monday when Mangione, 26, was arrested in Altoona, Pennsylvania, the place he was discovered consuming at a McDonald’s restaurant and carrying a backpack containing what authorities mentioned was proof linking him to Thompson’s taking pictures.
Mangione, who comes from a distinguished Baltimore household, was charged in New York with one depend of homicide, three counts of legal possession of a weapon and one depend of possession of a solid instrument.
He was additionally arraigned in Pennsylvania on two felony expenses of forgery and carrying a firearm with no license, in addition to three misdemeanor expenses of tampering with information or identification, possessing devices of crime and offering false identification to legislation enforcement.
Mangione stays jailed in his personal cell on the Huntingdon State Correctional Institution and is preventing extradition to New York. A spokesperson for the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections mentioned he doesn’t at present have entry to a tv, isn’t interacting with different inmates, and eats in his cell.
Following the arrest, on-line fundraisers surfaced in help of Mangione. At least three fundraisers appeared on GoFundMe however have since been eliminated. GoFundMe mentioned it was refunding donors who contributed to the campaigns and mentioned its Terms of Service prohibits fundraisers for the authorized protection of violent crimes.
Another crowdfunding platform, GiveSendGo, has not eliminated a fundraiser for Mangione’s authorized protection. The fundraiser, which raised over $94,000 as of Saturday morning, mentioned it was “not right here to rejoice violence, however we do consider within the constitutional proper of honest authorized illustration.” The fundraiser’s purpose is $200,000.
It’s not clear if any of the donations will assist pay Mangione’s authorized charges. His household couldn’t be reached for touch upon Saturday.
Pennsylvania lawyer Thomas Dickey has mentioned that he had not seen proof linking his consumer to the killing and Mangione would plead not responsible to the costs in each states.
Dickey and Friedman Agnifilo couldn’t instantly be reached for touch upon Saturday.