Luigi Mangione looked at the judge and said yes, he did it.
On August 14, 2026, he pleaded guilty to interstate stalking resulting in death, admitting that he killed Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare, with a weapon assembled using a 3D printer. It happened in New York, nearly two years after the crime occurred in December 2024 and turned him, for many, into an almost cult-like figure.
Hours after that confession, his legal defense fund on GiveSendGo received another 1,000 dollars. The total already exceeds 1.56 million dollars, contributed by more than 40,000 people who continue to leave messages of support on the page. Federal guidelines call for between 24 and 30 years in prison, with the obligation to serve at least 85% of the sentence, while his defense is trying to get the state case dismissed on double-jeopardy grounds. You decide whether this is fanaticism, a cause, or something that still has no name.
