A Luigi Mangione fan who covered the trial via social media showed support for commenters justifying Brian Thompson death after Luigi pled guilty.
Here's the deal … Lena Weissbrot is one of three Luigi supporters who call themselves the "Mangionistas" — and they've regularly voiced their support for Luigi over the past year. The trio reportedly received press credentials from New York City as well to cover a pretrial hearing in the case.
Anyway … Lena hopped on social media to share a video which focused on comments being made in support of Luigi — writing, "Oh the comment section does not disappoint on this reel!! A plurality of people feel exactly like I do."
The comments are all critical of Thompson … essentially arguing he deserved to die because of his work with UnitedHealthcare — and disregarding his family's feelings because of the pain they feel the company has caused other families. Brian's family appeared in court on Friday.
As we reported … Luigi pled guilty Friday to two federal stalking charges — and admitted in open court that he killed Thompson.
A plea deal isn't in place … so he's essentially thrown himself at the mercy of the court. Federal sentencing guidelines recommend anywhere from 24 to 30 years — and the judge has already stated he'll have to serve at least 85% of the sentence.
Luigi's lawyers said in a legal filing that he is being used as a pawn by state and federal prosecutors in the case.
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