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Metro
24-06-2025
- Metro
Luigi Mangione's cellmate reveals life locked up with notorious ‘hot CEO killer'
Luigi Mangione's cellmate has revealed details of the alleged CEO killer's new life as a prison shower cleaner. Inmate Michael Daddea, 29, spent two nights with the 'super nice' suspected shooter who he claimed is obsessed with scouring news reports for his name from behind bars. Daddea was briefly jailed for allegedly 3D-printing more than 25 untraceable 'ghost guns' before being bailed from Mangione's Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center's 4G unit on March 7. This is in contrast to Luigi Mangione, 27, who was arrested and charged with the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in December 2024. The arrest sparked a media and social media frenzy, with fans swooning over the 'hot' suspect. However, his looks haven't granted the Ivy League-educated suspect any privileges, as he scrubs the floors of the jail's communal showers. 'He's the guy who cleans the washrooms,' Daddea said in a video post on X: 'Not what you'd expect from someone who allegedly assassinated a CEO, right?' Other roles on offer for 'collies' – prison slang for inmates who are assigned jobs – include preparing meals and cleaning food trays, he said. He also claimed Mangione often jogs around the unit and has been caught scouring the local New York Daily News and New York Post for mentions of his name. 'He'd have me help look through some to see if there are articles about him,' he wrote in a now-deleted comment. Daddea spoke of his disbelief when a 'friendly and calm' Mangione greeted him in their secure prison unit. Daddea first described his surprise when he bumped into the infamous inmate, saying 'I look out the cell, Luigi is standing there and he's like, 'Hey, how's it going?' Like, super nice. 'Introduced himself to me first thing. I've been in the unit for 10 minutes.' He said the pair quickly palled up: 'I go to shake Luigi's hand, I'm like, ''Yo, it's an honour to meet you.'. . . He turns around and he goes to me, 'You two are the first kids that came in here who knew who I was or even cared about it'.' The 29-year-old even said they shared meals together and, both Catholics, 'did Ash Wednesday,' with a priest putting charcoal crosses on their foreheads on March 5. 'So we sat together. Luigi would come sit with us every day. We would just eat,' he added. The original video has now gone viral on TikTok, after first racking up 800,000 views on X. Mangione's lawyers have painted the suspected killer as a 'model prisoner' during his 175-day detention before his trial. At the beginning of June the accused CEO shooter wrote a letter listing things he was thankful for on his 27th birthday. The 27-point list included 'Chicken Thursdays and Sweet Baby Ray's bbq sauce' and his cellmate J, who he said 'tolerates the clutter of all my papers, shares his unique wisdom, and doesn't hesitate to humble me when I need it'. Mangione was arrested at a McDonald's in Altoona, Pennsylvania, five days after Thompson was gunned down while walking to his company's investors' conference at the New York Hilton Midtown. CCTV footage appears to show a man alleged to be Mangione shooting at the healthcare CEO. Mangione has pleaded not guilty and is due to appear in court again on Thursday, June 26. check our news page.
Metro
24-06-2025
- Metro
Luigi Mangione's cellmate reveals life locked up with notorious 'hot CEO killer'
Luigi Mangione's cellmate has revealed details of the alleged CEO killer's new life as a prison shower cleaner. Inmate Michael Daddea, 29, spent two nights with the 'super nice' suspected shooter who he claimed is obsessed with scouring news reports for his name from behind bars. Daddea was briefly jailed for allegedly 3D-printing more than 25 untraceable 'ghost guns' before being bailed from Mangione's Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center's 4G unit on March 7. This is in contrast to Luigi Mangione, 27, who was arrested and charged with the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in December 2024. The arrest sparked a media and social media frenzy, with fans swooning over the 'hot' suspect. However, his looks haven't granted the Ivy League-educated suspect any privileges, as he scrubs the floors of the jail's communal showers. 'He's the guy who cleans the washrooms,' Daddea said in a video post on X: 'Not what you'd expect from someone who allegedly assassinated a CEO, right?' Other roles on offer for 'collies' – prison slang for inmates who are assigned jobs – include preparing meals and cleaning food trays, he said. He also claimed Mangione often jogs around the unit and has been caught scouring the local New York Daily News and New York Post for mentions of his name. 'He'd have me help look through some to see if there are articles about him,' he wrote in a now-deleted comment. Daddea spoke of his disbelief when a 'friendly and calm' Mangione greeted him in their secure prison unit. Daddea first described his surprise when he bumped into the infamous inmate, saying 'I look out the cell, Luigi is standing there and he's like, 'Hey, how's it going?' Like, super nice. 'Introduced himself to me first thing. I've been in the unit for 10 minutes.' He said the pair quickly palled up: 'I go to shake Luigi's hand, I'm like, ''Yo, it's an honour to meet you.'. . . He turns around and he goes to me, 'You two are the first kids that came in here who knew who I was or even cared about it'.' The 29-year-old even said they shared meals together and, both Catholics, 'did Ash Wednesday,' with a priest putting charcoal crosses on their foreheads on March 5. 'So we sat together. Luigi would come sit with us every day. We would just eat,' he added. The original video has now gone viral on TikTok, after first racking up 800,000 views on X. Mangione's lawyers have painted the suspected killer as a 'model prisoner' during his 175-day detention before his trial. At the beginning of June the accused CEO shooter wrote a letter listing things he was thankful for on his 27th birthday. More Trending The 27-point list included 'Chicken Thursdays and Sweet Baby Ray's bbq sauce' and his cellmate J, who he said 'tolerates the clutter of all my papers, shares his unique wisdom, and doesn't hesitate to humble me when I need it'. Mangione was arrested at a McDonald's in Altoona, Pennsylvania, five days after Thompson was gunned down while walking to his company's investors' conference at the New York Hilton Midtown. CCTV footage appears to show a man alleged to be Mangione shooting at the healthcare CEO. Mangione has pleaded not guilty and is due to appear in court again on Thursday, June 26. Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@ For more stories like this, check our news page. MORE: Four arrested after London scientist found dismembered in suitcase MORE: Two arrested after 'hardworking peacemaker' stabbed to death outside prayer centre MORE: Residents evacuated and bomb squad called after 'unidentified liquid' found in Eastbourne house
Daily Mirror
15-06-2025
- Daily Mirror
Luigi Mangione's life in jail - from prison job to 'one-man welcoming committee'
Luigi Mangione awaits trial at the Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center in Sunset Park, New York, for the December assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson A fellow prisoner has given a glimpse of what Luigi Mangione's life is like as he awaits trial for the assassination of a health insurance CEO. Mangione is at the Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center in Sunset Park, New York, after being accused of shooting dead UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, 50, on a street in Manhattan. Fellow inmate, Michael Daddea took to social media to describe meeting the alleged assassin. Daddea faced federal charges for allegedly 3D-printing more than 25 untraceable "ghost guns" and was taken to the same detention centre. He was told by a guard when he arrived he would be sharing a unit with Mangione but he didnt' believe him. Explaining the whole situation on a now-deleted video on X, Daddea said: "I'm like, 'Yeah, he's being a wise ass'. . . I look out the cell, Luigi is standing there and he's like, 'Hey, how's it going?' Like, super nice. Introduced himself to me first thing. I've literally – I've been in the unit for 10 minutes." Tampa resident, Daddea spent two nights in the lockup before posting bail on March 7, according to the Brooklyn US Attorney's office. But in that short time he claimed he made friends with Mangione. "I go up and I go to shake Luigi's hand, I'm like, 'Yo, it's an honour to meet you.' . . . He turns around and he goes to me, 'You two are the first kids that came in here who knew who I was or even cared about it,'" Daddea recalled. Mangione has been described as a "model prisoner" during his more than 175 days awaiting trial by his legal team. He is known as a "collie," a term for inmates with certain responsibilities, Daddea explained in the video. "So a collie could be like a unit boss that tells you what cell you're going to. Luigi just happened to be a collie that cleans the showers," he elaborated, noting that other "collie" roles involve meal prep and tidying up food trays. Daddea reported that Mangione also enjoys keeping up with mentions of himself in the media. "Luigi gets the NewYork newspaper everyday . . . he would have me help look through some to see if there's articles about him [sic]," he revealed in the comments of the X video. Despite facing charges, Mangione maintains his innocence, pleading not guilty to first-degree murder. Six weeks before Thompson was gunned down in December, suspect Mangione mused about rebelling against 'the deadly, greed fueled health insurance cartel' and said killing the executive 'conveys a greedy b*****d that had it coming,' prosecutors have revealed. The Manhattan district attorney's office quoted extensively from Mangione's handwritten diary — highlighting his desire to kill an insurance honcho and praise for Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber — as they fight to uphold his state murder charges. They also cited a confession they say he penned 'To the feds,' in which he wrote that 'it had to be done.' Mangione's lawyers want the state case thrown out, arguing in court papers that those charges and a parallel federal death penalty case amount to double jeopardy.
New York Post
15-06-2025
- New York Post
Luigi Mangione's fellow jailbird dishes on his job, daily routine and demeanor inside NYC jail
Luigi Mangione's job in federal lockup is cleaning showers — and he's a one-man welcoming committee, according to a fellow jailbird. When Michael Daddea arrived at the Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center in Sunset Park, a guard told him he would be housed in the same unit as the accused assassin of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, he revealed in a video posted to X. 'I'm like, 'Yeah, he's being a wise ass'. . . I look out the cell, Luigi is standing there and he's like, 'Hey, how's it going?' Like, super nice. Introduced himself to me first thing. I've literally – I've been in the unit for 10 minutes,' Daddea, 29, recalled in the June 7 clip, which amassed over 80,000 views before it was deleted from his profile this week. 4 Accused UnitedHealthcare CEO killer Luigi Mangione's job inside Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center is cleaning the showers, according to a fellow jailbird. via REUTERS Daddea was slapped with federal charges in February for allegedly 3D-printing more than 25 untraceable 'ghost guns' – not unlike the firearm Mangione, 27, is accused of using to kill Thompson, 50, on a Midtown sidewalk on Dec. 4. The Tampa native only spent two nights in the federal lockup's 4G unit before making $250,000 bail at his March 7 arraignment, according to the Brooklyn US Attorney's office. But he claims he, a fellow inmate nicknamed 'V,' and Mangione wasted no time becoming buddies. 'I go up and I go to shake Luigi's hand, I'm like, 'Yo, it's an honor to meet you.' . . . He turns around and he goes to me, 'You two are the first kids that came in here who knew who I was or even cared about it,'' Daddea recalled. 'I guess he must have seen another white kid and he was like, 'Finally,'' Daddea theorized in the clip. 4 Former MDC Brooklyn inmate Michael Daddea recalled hanging out and sharing meals with Mangione in the since-deleted X video. Michael Daddea/ X Mangione – who has been a 'model prisoner' in his over 175 days of pre-trial detention, according to his lawyers – is a 'collie,' which is a term used to refer to inmates with prison jobs, Daddea explained in the clip. 'So a collie could be like a unit boss that tells you what cell you're going to. Luigi just happened to be a collie that cleans the showers,' he said, adding that other 'collie' jobs include preparing meals and cleaning food trays. 4 When Mangione is not scrubbing the jail's washrooms or running 'laps around the unit,' he scours local newspapers for his name, Daddea said. Paul Martinka When Mangione is not scrubbing the washrooms or running 'laps around the unit,' he scours local news for his name, Daddea said. 'Luigi gets the NewYork newspaper everyday . . . he would have me help look through some to see if there's articles about him [sic],' he wrote in the comment section of the X video. Daddea said he and Mangione, both Catholics, 'did Ash Wednesday,' when a priest came in and put the charcoal crosses on their foreheads on March 5, and ate every meal together. 'So we sat together. Luigi would grab his sh-t and come sit with us every day. We would just eat, bulls–t,' he said. Daddea declined to comment when reached by The Post. 4 Mangione, who has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder, is due back in Manhattan court June 26. NYPD In an electronic communication sent from jail on June 3, Mangione listed things he was thankful for – among them, the Bureau of Prisons' music catalog, 'Chicken Thursdays and Sweet Baby Ray's bbq sauce,' and the thousands of books and letters people have mailed him. He wrote that his cellmate, J, 'tolerates the clutter of all my papers, shares his unique wisdom, and doesn't hesitate to humble me when I need it,' and that the MDC staff and correctional officers 'are nothing like what 'The Shawshank Redemption' or 'The Stanford Prison Experiment' had me to believe' – despite 'the occasional minor dissent.' Mangione also thanked those who have donated to his commissary account, noting that their contributions have bought him a tablet, songs, stamps, hygiene products, barbecue sauce, Goya Sazón flavoring, peanut butter and tuna packets. Mangione has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder.
