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Luigi Mangione Claims He Was Beaten By Seven ‘Ladyboys' In Thailand Months Before CEO Killing
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spiritual mountain climb up a trail where women hikers are not allowed.
From there, he went to India, where he met with a writer who shared an interest in the Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski, according to the Times report.
By December, accord- ing to prosecutors, Mangione had allegedly written about his disdain for the American health insurance
industry and wanting to "whack" a CEO. He is also accused of wanting "to incite national debates" about its shortcom- ings.
Police found spent and unspent bullet casings while investi- gating the assassina- tion, emblazoned with the words "deny," "delay" and "depose." They appear to be a reference to the title of a book that is criti- cal of the U.S. health insurance industry called "Delay, Deny, Defend."
Thompson, 50, was a married father of two from Minnesota, visit- ing New York City for a shareholder confer-
ence. Surveillance video shows a man approach him from behind and open fire with a handgun, which police allegedly recovered
in Mangione's bag when he was arrested five days later.
A New York judge found no basis for ter- ror-related charges in the alleged assassi- nation case and threw them out last month — taking the top state charge of first-degree murder and a poten- tial life without parole sentence off the table. Mangione still faces
a second-degree mur- der charge, which carries a maximum penalty of life in prison, with the poten- tial for parole.
Federally, he faces charges including interstate stalking and using a firearm to commit murder, which could carry the death penalty. In Pennsylvania, where police captured him after a five-day man- hunt, he faces addi- tional firearms and forgery charges.
Mangione has plead- ed not guilty.
By
Michael Ruiz
Luigi Mangione, the former Ivy Leaguer accused of assassi- nating UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, lost a fight with a gang of seven "ladyboys" in Thailand months before the crime, according to a new report.
The 27-year-old Mangione is being held without bail
in New York City while awaiting trials at the state and federal level in connection with
Thompson's pre-dawn ambush shooting on Dec. 4, 2024, outside a hotel where he was sup- posed to attend a shareholder confer- ence later that morn- ing.
In the year before the assassination, Mangione traveled to Asia, climbing a mountain in Japan and drinking with expat Americans in Thailand, according to The New York Times.
It was in the latter country where he was
report-
edly shocked to learn how little an MRI could cost outside the United States — and where he told a friend over WhatsApp he was beaten up by a group of seven "lady- boys," or transgender women, in Bangkok in March.
It's not clear how seri- ous about the brawl he was in the mes- sages. He attached a photo showing scratches on his arm, according to the report. After that,
he returned to Japan and took a
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