Overview
- Brooklyn FC announced 24-year-old midfielder Peter Mangione for its inaugural USL Championship roster, with the club debut set for March 8 at Maimonides Park in Coney Island.
- Peter’s new home venue sits a few miles from Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center, where his cousin Luigi Mangione remains held after pleading not guilty to state and federal charges.
- Judge Margaret Garnett ordered an evidentiary hearing on the seizure and search of a backpack and set a tentative Sept. 8 start for jury selection, with trial timing dependent on death-penalty decisions.
- Defense lawyers moved to bar the federal death penalty, alleging a conflict of interest tied to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi’s prior work with a lobbying firm linked to UnitedHealth Group.
- Terrorism-related counts were dismissed in September 2025, but Luigi still faces multiple charges stemming from the Dec. 4, 2024 shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson and was arrested after a five-day manhunt in Altoona, Pa.