Crime
Luigi Mangione Was Reportedly ‘Beaten Up’ by Group of ‘Ladyboys’ During 2024 Thailand Trip
Luigi Mangione’s former travel companions shared tales of the accused killer’s “wild nights” during a 2024 trip to Asia in a story published by The New York Times on Tuesday, October 21.
Soccer player Christian Sacchini recalled meeting Mangione, 27, while traveling with an unnamed friend, who claimed that Mangione regaled him with his exploits in a WhatsApp chat.
“He lost his phone in a taxi at one point. On another night, he wrote, he had been beaten up by seven ‘ladyboys,’” Sacchini’s friend, who preferred to remain anonymous, told The New York Times, adding that Mangione even attached a photo of his “scratched-up arm.” (The outlet described “ladyboys” as “a commonly used local term for transgender women.”)
According to Sacchini, on a night out with Mangione, over “several rounds of beer,” they discussed the “effed up” cost of health care in the United States.
Seven months later, Mangione was arrested at a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania and charged with the December 4, 2024, murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
New York prosecutors have since released copies of notes they described as his “manifesto,” in which he expresses “hostility towards the health insurance industry and wealthy executives in particular.”
The Maryland native has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced in April that federal prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty if he is convicted.
