Attorneys for Luigi Mangione will pursue a mental health defense at his upcoming murder trial in state Supreme Court in Manhattan, the judge overseeing the case revealed at a pretrial conference Wednesday.
Justice Gregory Carro ordered material be unsealed related to Mangione’s defense that he was extremely emotionally disturbed when he allegedly shot and killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Midtown in 2024.
Carro instructed Mangione’s attorneys to turn over to prosecutors the name of the mental health expert they relied on as well as any report they draw up related to a mental health defense.
More...Carro said defense attorneys need to let prosecutors know the “malady” that their expert says Mangione was allegedly suffering that may have led him to kill Thompson.
