Attorneys for Luigi Mangione accused the Manhattan DA and the NYPD’s chief of detectives of not providing proof of his mom’s alleged assertion that killing United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson was one thing she might see her son do, based on court docket paperwork.
Throughout a December 2024 information convention, Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny referenced data the FBI acquired from San Francisco police, based on the court docket submitting made public Tuesday.
A police sergeant had reached out to the FBI after believing the homicide suspect caught in footage launched by the NYPD bore a resemblance to Mangione, the submitting recalled.
Kenny spoke of an alleged dialog between Mangione’s mom and San Francisco police, the place she reportedly recommended that she might see her son gunning down the Thompson, the doc mentioned.
“That they had a dialog the place she didn’t point out that it was her son within the {photograph}, however she mentioned it is perhaps one thing that she might see him doing,” Kenny instructed reporters, based on the doc.
Mangione’s mom had filed a lacking individuals report for her son on Nov. 18, 2024.
The accused killer’s protection attorneys now declare that prosecutors have offered no proof that Mangione’s mom made such feedback.
“Up to now, there was no documentation offered in discovery that confirms the Chief of Detectives’ assertion as to Mrs. Mangione’s alleged assertion,” protection legal professional Karen Friedman Agnifilo wrote in a submitting Tuesday.
“Actually, all the invention offered to date signifies that she didn’t make such an announcement,” Agnifilo wrote.
“Whether it is true that Mrs. Mangione by no means made this assertion, then it’s stunning and unconscionable that the District Lawyer’s Workplace and the NYPD have by no means corrected this extremely prejudicial false assertion,” she maintained.
The submitting referenced a number of media stories that revealed his mom’s assertion, together with the not too long ago revealed novel “Luigi: The Making and The That means,” by John H Richardson.
“The Chief of Detectives’ unfounded claims proceed to be cited, because it was not too long ago repeated in a reckless novel that was revealed on November 4, 2025,” Agnifilo wrote.
Mangione’s staff of protection attorneys implored the decide to declare the Manhattan DA’s workplace certification of compliance with data relating to Mangione’s mom as inadequate, the submitting mentioned.
Prosecutors are anticipated to reply in a future submitting.
Mangione, 27, has pleaded not responsible to federal and state prices of murdering Thompson exterior a lodge internet hosting the insurance coverage large’s annual investor convention in Midtown Manhattan.
The Ivy League grad was arrested in Altoona, Pa., after a five-day manhunt.
The federal authorities says it’s searching for the dying penalty in its personal case.
Mangione is due again in court docket for the federal case on Dec. 5.
