Alleged CEO killer Luigi Mangione served bland prison meal to mark 27th birthday
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Meanwhile, a fundraiser set up to raise money to pay for a defence team on his behalf has surpassed $1 million
Luigi Mangione
Based on reports that have emerged from the US, Mangione's birthday meal included a 'sad array of dishes' that included a makeshift special called a 'breakfast cake'.
According to TMZ, Mangione, who was arrested in December 2024 after the death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson went viral, spent his 27th birthday behind bars at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York.
For breakfast, the alleged shooter was served fruit, cereal, sugar substitute packets, skim milk, and a piece of breakfast cake, TMZ reports.
The breakfast cake is described as a "cake-like" dish usually comprised of crushed items from the prison's commissary.
For lunch he sat down to a meal of pasta with meat sauce and chickpea marinara, spinach, whole wheat bread, fruit, and a beverage.
At dinner, he was served a chicken patty sandwich, a chickpea burger, steamed rice, pinto beans, lettuce, tomato, mayo, a hamburger bun, and a drink.
Mangione's birthday meal comes days after the 27-year-old pleaded not guilty to a series of serious charges, including murder through the use of a firearm.
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Meanwhile, a fundraiser set up to raise money to pay for a defence team on his behalf has surpassed $1 million.
The GiveSendGo page, which was set up on December 9, 2024, is collecting donations to pay for the attorneys handling his defence in the three pending criminal cases against him.
The 27-year-old has been charged at a federal level, as well as in New York and Pennsylvania, on counts including first-degree murder, terrorism and weapons charges.
Supporters of the Maryland-born man have donated $1,054,523 to his legal fund so far, surpassing the million-dollar milestone on his 27th birthday on May 6th.
The fundraiser was organised by an independent group of supporters who call themselves 'The December 4 Legal Committee', referring to the date Brian Thompson was gunned down in New York.
Donations to the cashpot have poured in from more than 28,000 individuals.
Organisers behind the fund have said that surpassing the $1 million benchmark 'represents a step forward in pursuing justice for Mr. Mangione.'
'It also shows how the fund has become one of the few uncensored public forums for people in America to share their grievances with our lethal for-profit healthcare system and the indefensible economic and political order that has imposed it upon us.
'The tens of thousands of individual donors, many of whom have organised into Luigi support communities around the world, are directly responsible for the fund's success.'
Brian Thompson, the CEO of health insurance company UnitedHealthcare, was shot and killed outside a Hilton Hotel in Midtown Manhattan as he was on his way to an annual investors meeting for parent company UnitedHealth Group.
The shooter gunned the 50-year-old down from behind, before flying the scene. Three bullet casings discovered at the scene were etched with the words 'Delay', 'Deny' and 'Depose'.
Luigi Mangione was arrested on suspicion of murder on December 9th 2024, as he dined at a McDonald's restaurant in Pennsylvania.
He was indicted on four federal charges last month, including two counts of stalking and one count of murder. He has pleaded not guilty.
In New York, he has been indicted on 11 charges, including murder and possession of a weapon, but he has yet to enter a plea. His legal team have filed a motion to have the charges dismissed. A hearing will be held at the Manhattan Supreme Court on June 26th.
The five charges he faces in Pennsylvania, which include forgery and firearm offences, are on hold pending the outcome of the other two cases.
A date for his federal trial will be set in December.
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