Luigi Mangione pleads guilty to causing UnitedHealthcare CEO’s death in federal case

Plea comes weeks before separate case is scheduled to start in New York, and could throw proceedings into disarray

Luigi Mangione trial – latest updates

Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty on Friday in a federal case in relation to the killing of UnitedHealthcare executive Brian Thompson in 2024.

Mangione confessed that he shot and killed Thompson outside a New York City hotel on 4 December 2024. In his federal case, he faced stalking charges, after other charges, including murder, were dropped.