Attorneys for Luigi Mangione, the man accused of killing United HealthCare CEO Brian Thompson, say Manhattan prosecutors wrongfully obtained his medical records.
Mangione’s attorneys claim the Manhattan DA’s office improperly compelled Aetna to turn over confidential information in violation of health privacy laws.
“The District Attorney falsely made up a court date-May 23, 2025-and drafted a fraudulent subpoena that if Aetna did not provide documents on that date, it would be in contempt of Court,” Mangione’s attorney Karen Agnifilo wrote in a letter to the judge. “Because the District Attorney has taken possession of, and at least partially reviewed, Luigi Mangione’s confidential doctor-patient privileged and HIPAA protected medical records, and further because the District Attorney misused the subpoena process to obtain these protected records, this Court should impose an appropriate sanction after conducting a full evidentiary hearing to uncover the extent and nature of the significant privilege and HIPAA violation intentionally caused by the prosecutors.”…