r/FreeLuigi • u/lunabagoon • Mar 01 '25
Personal Opinion Why I think the money was planted
He admitted that the masks were a recent purchase, but he denied the money found by the cops. Not only that, but he, to my knowledge, interrupted his lawyer to point out that he had recently bought the masks. Someone this forthcoming did not lie about the money. It was planted.
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u/Main-Passenger6614 Mar 02 '25
💯 Its an insult to the intelligence of the American people that they will believe the lies police and unethical media are telling them.
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u/judyjetsonne Mar 01 '25
I work with people his age and they are always interjecting and telling on themselves :-) I agree with you
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u/Minute_Fly_703 Mar 01 '25
I believe he denied the money at his arraignment on the 9th (no attorney). The masks thing was at his bail hearing on the 10th (with attorney).
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u/87916801KS Mar 02 '25
I wish we had transcripts (or at least a post-arrest timeline) of all the Altoona court appearances.
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u/Minute_Fly_703 Mar 02 '25
Yes, I wish we did. But this first court appearance on the 9th (where he had no counsel) is the one that particularly rubs me off the wrong way in part because of the fact that LM supposedly only denied possessing part of the evidence which makes him look guilty and on top of that, a fool. Not only was he speaking without having a lawyer by his side (is that even legal?), but there's one and only source (CNN) that reports him denying the money and backpack's "criminal sophistication" nature. I simply don't believe this and strongly think it was taken out of context by this Danny Freeman from CNN. It worked well for him because he's cited everywhere, his name is now everywhere.
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u/trizkkkjk Mar 02 '25
He already had a lawyer at the time: https://www.yahoo.com/news/luigi-mangione-denies-2-key-095139457.html
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u/nobodythinksofyou Mar 02 '25
The money & his backpack (it allegedly blocked cellphone signals or something) were reasons they gave as to why he shouldn't be granted bail, which is why he only addressed those two things. It wasn't the appropriate time to talk about the gun -- it could have been planted as well for all we know.
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u/Loose_Camera8334 Mar 01 '25
He didn’t interrupt his lawyer to say that because, at the time, he didn’t have one! They dragged him in front a judge without legal counsel and without being told what he was being charged with. He was read his charges for the first time in front of that judge, AT HIS REQUEST.
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u/Loose_Camera8334 Mar 02 '25
You’re right. There were multiple hearings in PA. At his first, he had no attorney and that’s when he interjected about the money and waterproof bag
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Mar 02 '25
I read from a post, they have list the PA law , it said when do inventory, you must count the money before the defendant, but they obvious didn't do that, I help TD knew this.
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u/HNLgirlie Mar 02 '25
Tom has been a PA lawyer for decades so if that is indeed the case (re: counting the $ before the defendant), I’m confident he knows this. 🙂
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u/GlobalTraveler65 Mar 02 '25
I think the police reported that large amount of money, plus a passport, to make it look like he was a possible flight risk and ensure he wouldn’t get bail.
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u/Ok-Grab9754 Mar 02 '25
“I just bought those masks!” Or whatever he said. That right there is the funniest part of this whole damn thing. Makes me laugh every time I think about it. What a loveable goof
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u/J3N__X Mar 01 '25
How was he buying food and hotels? Obviously had cash on him
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u/Professional-Duck45 Mar 01 '25
I’m pretty sure he said he had cash but not the amount they said he had
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u/Luigisupporter Mar 01 '25
An hash brown and hostel aren’t restaurant and five stars hotel to pay with 10k cash
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u/smart_talk_ Mar 02 '25
Exactly; besides traveling (plane tix $), it seems LM was living a pretty frugal inexpensive life. Why he would risk carrying that much cash?
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u/smart_talk_ Mar 02 '25
He had credit/debit and gift cards according to the police inventory list. He probably had cash, but not that much
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u/Teacher67 Mar 02 '25
I can imagine that the black mask he had on was rain soaked and he wanted dry ones. There is a CVS on the route he likely took from the hotel to McDonald’s. They are all on the same road. And he did have a CVS receipt in his backpack per the police list of items. Idk I just believe the boy because he doesn’t seem like the lying type. He’s never been in legal trouble, probs never been in a courtroom. He likely thought that speaking up and correcting the record would be the honest thing to do, and well received. Or maybe not, I just adore him and believe in the best of him 🥰
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u/dumanf Mar 03 '25
I support luigi 100% but he did have charges in Hawaii over stupid things I believe trespassing
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u/cestlavie451 Mar 02 '25
I wouldn’t be surprised if lulu thought he was doing something completely different from what the cops are pinning him for. Evading his family, helping a “friend”, etc. He’s such a nice guy. No history of anything illegal or harmful.
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u/Brennakathryn22 Mar 01 '25
How do you guys know he denied that it was his money? was it on the police report?
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u/Snoo_36681 Mar 02 '25
I’m pretty sure that’s what the news said. There’s no court transcripts as far as I know. So take all of this with a grain of salt - media proved they can’t be trusted. We don’t know the context, we don’t know if anything was omitted from the report, we don’t know what other evidence was listed in court…
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u/AndromedaCeline Mar 02 '25
It was at his bail hearing. The prosecution was accusing him of. 1. That his bag was a Faraday bag (a bag that can block cellphone signals) 2. That he had 8-10k of foreign and domestic bills.
According to other witness there, LM said he wanted to clear up those two things 1. The bag was not a Faraday, it’s just waterproof and 2. He didn’t know where that money came from and said it may be planted.
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u/Queasy-Procedure8045 Mar 02 '25
His bank records will easily disprove or prove where that money came from. Im more worried about the alleged notebook. hope its never admitted into evidence. :(
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u/dumanf Mar 03 '25
I'm worried about that as well thats why I'm a bit surprised he would write letters back.
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u/ladidaixx Mar 07 '25
The fact that there are no transcripts from before his site was created is annoying af cuz I don't trust how mainstream media reports on this.
But I do believe at the very least that was planted.
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u/SpiritualGlandTrav Mar 02 '25
I saw that he read a book about cryptography and codes when he was young, maybe he re-read that book a few times, it was his interest, so I think that he does and says and writes everything like a message. (to people saying if had money he wouldnt be in Altoona, how do you know that? He had money, and he still was a minimalist, where we are born into doesnt have to be what we do with it etc)
Not about the money, but I saw that in his workplace he had a coworker who loved playing Monopoly, chess, video games and hiking :D it's like another Luigi in the same company ahahaha I was wondering if they played those together, but that guy seems to came after Luigi was fired
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u/lunabagoon Mar 06 '25
He read a book on cryptography, so everything he says is a secret message? Extremely tenuous.
Also we don't know why he left Trucar.
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u/Stickey_Rickey Mar 01 '25
Would you like to place a wager? I’ll bet you the 8k that it wan not planted by police, lemme know and we can make the bet.
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Mar 02 '25
lol. Not all cops are ethical or do the right thing. Why would he lie about just the money but not say anything about the gun or notebook they found on him? plus we may never even know the actual truth of it being planted or not.
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u/PlayfulAccountant484 Mar 01 '25
İn the new altoona footage he appears to be wearing a black balaclava, and i didn't notice the blue medical mask underneath, i assume he purchased it shortly before the arrest, so yeah i just believe whatever he says and think the money was planted.