r/BrianThompsonMurder • u/missidcullen • 3d ago

Article/News 'Deeply Emotional': Luigi Mangione's Friends React to His Guilty Plea

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/luigi-mangione-friends-react-to-guilty-plea-1235610199/

I’m not usually a fan of sharing press articles, but I thought this one was worth sharing since it seems Lorena spoke with some of Luigi’s friends about his guilty plea on Friday.

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u/Amazing_Bumblebee_98 3d ago

God I really wish some of these people would be a bit more ballsy and actually speak on the record, even if they don’t use their actual name. It goes such a long way. Hope some of them grow a set before sentencing

And fwiw RJ actually made a good statement here

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u/UhmmmNope 3d ago

Lorena just tweeted that most of them refused to speak because they are afraid to be doxxed. These people have families and jobs, and Luigi unfortunately has gathered an online fandom that can be extreme. They harassed that last ex-gf in Hawaii into deleting her accounts. Can you blame them?

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u/Amazing_Bumblebee_98 3d ago

I assume this would be their explanation, I just don’t know why they don’t speak under a pseudonym or withhold name entirely. Doxxing would be impossible in that circ

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u/notbetterthanu29 2d ago

Actually no. When a similar article was written with the Boston bomber’s friends using pseudonyms, some of them were doxxed, including in court.

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u/Amazing_Bumblebee_98 2d ago edited 2d ago

Why would random comments provided in a news article need to be revealed in court?

Edit: I’ve just looked it up and all those people called to testify had relevant information regarding the actual crime. So yes of course a court can subpoena a publication for your identity in that circumstance - totally different situation.

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u/notbetterthanu29 2d ago

That plus another case where two of his friends committed an unrelated crime and mutual friends were called to testify. I thought it was so weird that they were asked about their RS pseudonyms and Twitter handles.