Luigi Mangione, accused within the killing of the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, would be the give attention to a brand new musical debuting in San Francisco on June 13.
The 60-minute musical is at the moment scheduled for 5 performances on the Taylor Road Theater, in accordance with the present’s web site.
The manufacturing is described as “a wildly irreverent, razor-sharp comedy that imagines the true story of Luigi Mangione, the alleged corporate assassin turned accidental folk hero.”
The present may even give attention to his time on the federal Metropolitan Detention Middle in Brooklyn with fellow inmates Sam Bankman-Fried and Sean “Diddy” Combs. Bankman-Fried was convicted to 25 years in jail for fraud prices from his time as founder and head of cryptocurrency alternate FTX. Combs is scheduled to go to trial on Monday in a sex-trafficking case. Combs has pleaded not responsible.
Luigi Mangione, 26, pleaded not responsible April 25 to a federal homicide cost within the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Prosecutors formally declared their intent to hunt the demise penalty, and the choose warned Justice Division officers to chorus from making public feedback that would spoil his proper to a good trial.
A trigger célèbre for folks upset with the medical health insurance business, Mangione’s federal arraignment drew dozens of individuals to courtroom, together with former Military intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning, who served jail time for stealing categorized diplomatic cables.
Some lined up for hours in entrance of the courthouse steps, attempting to snag a seat inside. Others rallied throughout the road as a pair of promoting vans drove round taking part in movies denouncing the medical health insurance business and the demise penalty.
Mangione, an Ivy League graduate from a distinguished Maryland actual property household, faces separate murders in federal and state courtroom, the place he faces a most punishment of life in jail.
The tagline of the musical manufacturing is “A story of love, murder and hash browns.” It’s directed by Nova Bradford, produced by Caleb Zeringue and written by Bradford, Arielle Johnson, Caleb Zeringue and Andre Margatini, in accordance with the web site.
Prosecutors had anticipated the state case go to trial first, however Mangione’s attorneys stated they need the federal case to take precedent as a result of it includes the demise penalty. Due to the various authorized points concerned in capital circumstances, Mangione’s federal case will transfer at a slower tempo than non-death penalty prosecutions.
Mangione is subsequent due in federal courtroom on Dec. 5, a day after the one-year anniversary of Thompson’s demise. His subsequent look within the state case is ready for June 26. No trial date has been set in both case.
Surveillance video confirmed a masked gunman taking pictures Thompson from behind as the chief arrived for UnitedHealthcare’s annual investor convention. Police say the phrases “delay,” “deny” and “depose” have been scrawled on the ammunition, mimicking a phrase generally used to explain how insurers keep away from paying claims.
The killing and ensuing five-day search resulting in Mangione’s arrest rattled the enterprise group whereas galvanizing medical health insurance critics who rallied round Mangione as a stand-in for frustrations over protection denials and hefty payments.
Mangione was arrested Dec. 9 in Altoona, Pennsylvania, about 230 miles west of New York Metropolis and whisked to Manhattan by airplane and helicopter.
Police stated Mangione had a 9mm handgun that matched the one used within the taking pictures and different objects together with a pocket book by which they are saying he expressed hostility towards the medical health insurance business and rich executives.
Among the many entries, prosecutors stated, was one from final August that stated “the target is insurance” as a result of “it checks every box” and one from October that describes an intent to “wack” an insurance coverage CEO. UnitedHealthcare, the biggest U.S. well being insurer, has stated Mangione was by no means a shopper.
Actor Jonny Stein is scheduled to play Mangione within the musical.
The musical is predicted to announce further notes. No phrase if the manufacturing has plans to return to New York Metropolis.
