Attorneys of UnitedHealthcare CEO killing suspect and rapper ‘Diddy’ are married

The legal professionals representing Luigi Mangione, accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson and American rapper Sean Combs, also called ‘Diddy’, who’s dealing with a number of sexual assault allegations, are married.
Karen Friedman-Agnifilo, the lawyer representing Luigi, is married to Marc Agnifilio, the lawyer representing ‘Diddy’, The New York Publish reported.
Karen is a former prosecutor who joined her husband’s non-public agency, Agnifilo Intrater, in 2021, after leaving her place as the pinnacle of the intercourse crimes unit within the Manhattan District Legal professional’s Workplace. She had served seven years as second in command to District Legal professional Cyrus Vance earlier than becoming a member of Agnifilo Intrater.
Apparently, Karen needed to recuse herself from listening to a number of instances the place her husband was representing the accused, together with the prosecution of film mogul Harvey Weinstien, who was convicted of rape.
Weinstien was represented by a member of the Agnifilo Intrater in 2017 when actress Paz de la Huerta accused Weinstien of raping her a number of occasions. Karen Friedman-Agnifilo then needed to step down from the case.
Thompson was killed by Luigi, a 26-year-old Ivy League graduate from a distinguished Maryland actual property household, exterior a midtown Manhattan lodge in New York on December 5. He was arrested from a McDonald’s retailer in Altoona in Pennsylvania on December 10.