Overview
- A new filing by Luigi Mangione’s attorneys asks the court to order prosecutors to verify or correct an alleged remark attributed to his mother that the shooting was something she could see him doing.
- The remark was publicly cited by NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny at a December 2024 press briefing, yet the defense says no documentation of such a statement appears in discovery.
- Media outlets widely reported the quote over the past year, and it was repeated in a recently published book, raising defense concerns about prejudicial publicity if unsubstantiated.
- Prosecutors are expected to respond in upcoming filings as the state case heads to a Dec. 1 hearing and the federal case returns to court on Dec. 5, where the government is pursuing the death penalty.
- Investigators have said Mangione was identified through a San Francisco missing-persons report and social media images relayed to the FBI, and the defense also notes delays receiving devices needed to review discovery.