Overview
- Mangione wrote that he downloaded Taylor Swift and Charli XCX on his jail tablet and was listening to Swift’s “Cardigan” when an inmate known as “King” replaced his music with Lil Durk.
- TMZ says it verified the handwritten letter, dated June 3, which was shared online by a supporter’s X account.
- He is detained at MDC Brooklyn, where inmates can buy internet-free tablets, and a federal judge approved a laptop for his case work in August.
- Mangione has pleaded not guilty to multiple counts tied to the December 2024 killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, including a federal murder-with-a-firearm charge that could carry the death penalty.
- In September, a judge dismissed state terrorism counts as legally insufficient, and his attorney told People he has been a model prisoner who helps orient new arrivals; supporters have raised more than $1.3 million for his defense.