Prosecutors in New York showed the video of the alleged assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in court Monday amid Luigi Mangione’s pretrial hearing.
Luigi’s lawyer, Karen Friedman Agnifilo, objected to the chilling footage being played in court but the presiding judge overruled her, according to TMZ. The court was not shown the video in its entirety. The part that was played was the moment a hooded figure appears to draw a firearm in the fatal shooting that killed Thompson Dec. 4, 2024 on a Manhattan sidewalk, according to TMZ. Prosecutors alleged Mangione was the shooter.
Mangione attended the pivotal pretrial hearing in his state murder case in shackles, according to People.
He will face a hearing where a judge will decide if his diary entries can be employed against him in the New York state trial. This is the first time Mangione appeared before a judge since mid-September.
His legal team is working to exclude some of the evidence from the court, including statements Mangione allegedly made to law enforcement officials during his 2024 arrest at a Pennsylvania-based McDonalds in Altoona and contents from a backpack located by police, according to TMZ.
Luigi Mangione sits alongside members of his legal team Jacob Kaplan (L), Marc Agnifilo (2R) and Karen Friedman Agnifilo (R) in Manhattan Supreme Court during a state court evidentiary hearing in the murder case of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, in New York, on December 1, 2025. (Photo by Steven Hirsch / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)
New York prosecutors first charged Mangione with murder in the first degree in furtherance of an act of terrorism and murder in the second degree as a crime of terrorism, according to People. A judge ruled there was insufficient evidence to suggest he had carried out a terrorist act, prompting authorities to drop the charges.
Mangione faces nine felony counts in New York State, including second-degree murder. He remains charged with terrorism by federal authorities and could face the death penalty if found guilty. (RELATED: Luigi Mangione Lost Bar Fight To Seven Thai ‘Ladyboys’ — And Bragged About It)
Mangione pleaded not guilty to all charges against him.