New York judge drops charges against Luigi Mangione in CEO killer case
Accused CEO killer Luigi Mangione got a big break when a judge made a shocking ruling – dropping terrorism charges in his case involving the cold-blooded shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, RadarOnline.com can reveal.
In a bombshell case on September 16, Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Gregory Carro let the handsome, 27-year-old Ivy League student go free by dropping New York State’s charges of first-degree murder as an act of terrorism and second-degree murder as a terrorist crime.
However, the former University of Pennsylvania student who claims to be a fighter against corporate greed still faces 25 years to life in the state case and possible execution in the federal case if found guilty.
Judge Carro denied the terrorism charges, saying: “The people have presented sufficient evidence that the defendant murdered Brian Thompson in a premeditated and calculated execution. However, that does not mean that the defendant did this with terrorist intentions.
“Defendant’s apparent purpose, as stated in his writings, was not to threaten, intimidate or coerce, but rather to draw attention to what he perceived as the greed of the insurance industry.”
Mangione, the handsome heir to a wealthy Baltimore family, was supported in court by about two dozen observers, mostly young female fans.
The dropped charges come as no surprise to veteran attorney Ron Kuby, who alleged that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg “vastly overcharged” Mangione as the terrorism allegations made headlines.
Bragg insisted that Mangione was a terrorist because he intended the murder to “intimidate or coerce a civilian population.”
Security cameras captured the shocking murder on December 4, 2024, in which Thompson walked to the New York Hilton Midtown hotel at 6:44 a.m. and was shot from behind in the back and leg by a man — reportedly Mangione — who had apparently laid in ambush armed with a Glock-style pistol.
