Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old man charged in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, could be cut out of his grandma’s $30 million estate after being arrested.
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On Wednesday (December 4), Thompson was gunned down near the Hilton Hotel in Midtown New York City, and the suspect immediately fled the state. On the fifth day of the manhunt for the suspect, he was found at a McDonald’s in Altoona, PA — located between Pittsburgh and Harrisburg.
The suspect was identified as Luigi Mangione, who was charged in both PA and NY. He faces fake ID and gun charges in PA and 5 charges in New York: one count of murder, two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, one count of second-degree possession of a forged document, and one count of third-degree criminal possession of a weapon.
At his first court hearing in Pennsylvania, where he’s facing extradition to New York on murder charges, Luigi Mangione spoke for the first time. He’s also since been denied bail, a move his lawyer, Thomas “Tom” Dickey, doesn’t agree with. He told reporters in PA, In Pennsylvania, the constitution says that all crimes are generally a bailable offense, meaning you have to set some form of bail.”
He added, “The exception to that is if it’s a capital case, meaning the commonwealth or the government is looking for the death penalty… But this is not a capital case. Knock on wood, at least that I’m aware of right now. Or if it’s first-degree, which carries life without parole. If the change you’re faced with is life without parole, then you’re not eligible for parole. Since the crime, set for by the District Attorney, was alleged second-degree murder, that’s not life without parole. So, I believe bail should’ve been set.”
Dickey also told the media that his client has pled not guilty to all charges, further insisting that there is “no evidence” proving his client committed a crime. Dickey also said that he may also represent Mangione in New York on his murder charges there.
Since Dickey’s comments, on Wednesday (December 11), NYPD Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch confirmed that the ghost gun found on Luigi Mangione at the PA McDonald’s has been linked to three shell casings found at the scene of Brian Thompson’s murder, which reportedly were engraved with the words: “Deny,” “Defend,” and “Depose.” Investigators also matched fingerprints from a water bottle and a Kind bar near the crime scene to Mangione.
Now, TMZ reports that Luigi Mangione’s arrest for the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson could potentially result in him being cut out of his grandma’s $30 million estate. The site claims in documents obtained, Mary C. Mangione, grandmother of the alleged murderer and a philanthropist who passed in 2023, left behind $30 million — although, the documents suggest the actual number could be much higher, even more than $100 million — to be spread amongst her 10 children.
However, Mary’s grandson, Luigi Mangione, may no longer be entitled to any of the family’s fortune because the money has been put in a trust and the trustees, one of which is Luigi’s father, Louis Mangione, have the power to distribute. Additionally, there is a provision by which the trustees must abide which notes that anyone charged with a violent crime won’t receive one red cent.
The document reportedly states that trustees can withhold money if the recipient has been “charged, indicted, convicted, or pleads guilty to a felony.” One of these actions has already been applied to Luigi Mangione, therefore, the trustees now have the power to cut him out of his grandma’s $30 million+ estate.
TMZ also reports that not only does the document claim trustees have the power to cut someone from the will and $30 million+ estate, but Luigi Mangione’s grandma also made it clear that if any heirs are charged with “heinous” or “violent” crimes, they shall be completely cut off, without a “benefit of the doubt given to the individual.”
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