Luigi Mangione Groupies Flock To Courthouse In Support Of Alleged Assassin

Dozens of fans of accused assassin Luigi Mangione flocked to a courthouse in Manhattan on Monday to catch a glimpse of their so-called hero.

Some of Mangione’s groupies arrived at court dressed in costumes of “Luigi” from the Super Mario video games. The suspect’s fans said that they support Mangione, who is accused of murdering the late CEO of UnitedHealthcare, for his stand against the U.S. health care system, according to the New York Post.

Mangione has become somewhat iconic among leftists as a symbol of resistance against corporate health care, regardless of the murderous action he allegedly took. The accused assassin has even received sympathetic treatment from figures as well-known as comedian Bill Burr. The cult of celebrity around the accused murderer has earned rebukes from those disgusted by the seeming attempts to excuse murder.

Mangione, 27, arrived at court in a gray suit and a red-and-white checkered shirt. Monday was the start of a multiday hearing over the evidence that will be allowed in Mangione’s trial.

Mangione is accused of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in December 2024. Police arrested the 27-year-old days later at a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania.

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In court on Monday, one of Mangione’s defense attorneys, Karen Friedman Agnifilo, argued to have a manifesto found in Mangione’s backpack, as well as the gun used to kill Thompson, barred from evidence. Both items were found during a search of Mangione’s backpack at the Pennsylvania McDonald’s.

Agnifilo argued in a court filing that the police officers who arrested Mangione violated his rights by searching his backpack without a warrant and before reading him his Miranda rights.

“Realizing she had made a potentially devastating mistake by thoroughly searching the backpack of a murder suspect in a significant New York press case without a warrant, Wasser suddenly stated that she was searching through the backpack at McDonald’s to make sure there ‘wasn’t a bomb or anything in here,'” Agnifilo wrote.

The most serious charge Mangione is facing is second-degree murder. If convicted, Mangione could be sentenced to 25 years to life in prison.