Lawyers for Luigi Mangione, the man accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, notified the court on June 18 they will no longer pursue a psychiatric defense in his state murder trial.
In a letter to Judge Gregory Carro, his lawyer Karen Friedman Agnifilo said the defense “respectfully withdraws” its notice under New York’s psychiatric defense statute “at this time.”
The defense previously told Carro it planned to pursue a defense claiming that Mangione was suffering from extreme emotional disturbance when the killing occurred.
Mangione, an Ivy League graduate from a prominent Maryland family, was charged with murder in connection with the fatal shooting of Thompson that took place outside a hotel in Midtown Manhattan on Dec. 4, 2024. He was arrested five days later at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania….