Luigi Mangione gets thousands for defense: ‘Thank you for your service’
An online fundraiser created to help Luigi Mangione with his legal fees has surpassed $10,000.
A GiveSendGo page created by The December 4th Legal Committee in Stone Harbor, New Jersey, originally set a fundraising goal of $50,000 to aid the 26-year-old alleged killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
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However, at the time of publication on Tuesday, that goal is now $200,000.
More than 380 donors have contributed $10,567 towards the fundraiser at the time of publication.
Newsweek has contacted GiveSendGo for comment.
One anonymous $20 giver wrote Tuesday, “Thank you for your service sir I hope this is only the beginning.”
Another $20 patron echoed, “Thank you.”
“Luigi poses no danger to society, except to those greedy executives,” a $10 donor wrote. “Governors Hochul and Shapiro should pardon him right now!!”
On Monday afternoon, only 52 donors had raised a bit over $800.
One $5 donor said Monday, “This young hero deserves a fair trial. He needs to know America has his back. We’re all in this together. A better society is possible.”
Another $5 giver said, “Delay, Deny, Depose,” the same words written on the three bullets used to kill Thompson. Police are investigating whether they relate to a possible motive involving insurance companies and their responses to claims.
Mangione is currently incarcerated without bond at the Blair County Prison in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, as he awaits extradition to New York. He has an extradition proceeding on Tuesday at 1:30 p.m.
Organizers of his GiveSendGo page wrote Tuesday, “We’ve gotten a mailing address for Luigi in jail! We’re writing directly to him following his family’s public disavowal of him and his actions to see what he would like us to do with these funds. Thank you for your continued support of this legal fund. We’ll keep you abreast of ongoing updates here.”
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Mangione is an Ivy League grad and scion of a wealthy real estate family from Maryland.
His grandfather, Nicholas Mangione, who died in 2008, was a self-made multimillionaire real estate developer and philanthropist.
R.J. Martin, a close friend of Mangione who lived with him in Honolulu, told The New York Times that Mangione underwent spinal surgery in 2023.
However, when Martin asked how the surgery had gone, Mangione simply responded with “long story” and offered no further details.
After Luigi Mangione’s arrest at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s on Monday, Maryland lawmaker Nino Mangione, his cousin, posted a statement from the family on social media.
“Unfortunately, we cannot comment on news reports regarding Luigi Mangione. We only know what we have read in the media,” the family said.
The statement continued: “Our family is shocked and devastated by Luigi’s arrest. We offer our prayers to the family of Brian Thompson and we ask people to pray for all involved. We are devastated by this news.”
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