Luigi Mangione Retains Prominent New York Lawyer to Handle His Case

Luigi Mangione has hired a high-powered lawyer to be in charge of his murder case.

TMZ reports that Karen Friedman Agnifilo will represent Mangione for the murder charges that he faces for allegedly shooting and killing United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

Agnifilo is the wife of Marc Agnifilo — one of the lawyers who’s currently representing Diddy who appeared in TMZ’s The Downfall of Diddy: The Indictment documentary.

Mangione’s legal issues stemming from the shooting could potentially cost him a massive inheritance from his late grandmother, Mary C. Mangione.

TMZ recently revealed that, according to documents the publication obtained, Magnione was to receive a portion of an inheritance from his grandmother’s multi-million dollar fortune that would be divided between her 10 children, and, presumably, their heirs.

However, there’s a provision in this agreement that enables trustees to disinherit any family member who gets charged with a “heinous” crime.

“The decision of the trustees (one of whom is Luigi’s father) is conclusive, final and binding on everyone,” reads the will. “It is my precatory wish that the benefit of the doubt is not given to the individual.”

In other related news, the McDonald’s customer who alerted police to the location of Mangione during the search for the UHC CEO shooting suspect may not get the $60,000 reward that was advertised by law enforcement officials

Mangione was arrested at the McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania after someone told an employee that they believed they saw a person that could be the suspect in the shooting. That should be enough to earn the reward, but according to the FBI (who was offering $50,000) website, there’s much more that needs to happen.

A U.S. investigating agency has to nominate a person for any rewards that are offered by the bureau and anyone who claims to provide said information can't nominate themselves. The claims have to then be "carefully" evaluated by an interagency committee, and if the information does warrant a reward it'll then go to the Secretary of State, who "has complete discretion over whether or not to authorize any given reward." The amount of the reward can also be changed "within the terms of the law," and the Attorney General also has to agree with the decision.

The NYPD (who was offering $10,000) offers rewards through its Crime Stoppers program that lead "to the arrest and indictment of a violent felon.” Since the person didn’t use Crime Stoppers, they may not be eligible for the reward.