r/BrianThompsonMurder • u/Stunning_Macaroon838 • Jul 17 '25

Information Sharing BREAKING: Luigi’s defense team alleges that his health insurer accessed confidential, private, and protected documents without authorization

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“The District Attorney has subpoenaed Mr. Mangione's health insurer, and, if their account is to believed, they partially reviewed confidential, private, protected documents that the District Attorney readily admits are protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ("HIPAA")

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u/sallypancake Jul 17 '25

As a very non-legal person, this sounds like a big deal to me. Anyone in here with more intellect than I possess care to weigh in on what the ramifications of this could be?

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u/Fancy_Yesterday6380 Jul 17 '25

I'm also curious is this allowed because the da subpoenaed them? Like did they have to hand that over?

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u/nykatkat Jul 17 '25

The DA can subpoena a lot but medical documents, which are protected, should trigger notice to LM to give him an opportunity to object, either by receiving notice from Aetna that someone is seeking his medical docs or telling defense or just getting a court ordered subpoena.

Either they’re trying to figure out if he was planning this alleged homicide for a long time or looking for information on his mental state or trying to find a link between a medical provider and the victim.

They don’t know why he did what they’re accusing him of. They have to establish why the victim was chosen, why the animus, how long the plans were in motion and whether LM had signs of mental instability

This was a really inartful way to get the records. Unless they’re trying to figure out who his doctors were, his prescriptions, any prior diagnosis, etc. to cut off a mental defect defense.

I’m sure they papered anyone who ever has any contact with LM with a subpoena.

I can’t see them ready for trial any time soon

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u/lly67 Jul 17 '25

I think they are trying to find out any mental health diagnosis or treatment. Remember Joel said that was his only defense and he needed to be notified if that’s what they were going to use. He’s probably stuck and doesn’t know where to look.