Luigi Mangione's legal team withdraws intention to invoke psychiatric defense
Source: ABC News
Luigi Mangione's legal team withdraws intention to invoke psychiatric defense
The update comes a day after they announced it in court.
By Peter Charalambous and Aaron Katersky
June 18, 2026, 5:51 PM
Luigi Mangione's legal team on Thursday withdrew its intention to invoke a psychiatric defense in the state trial over the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, one day after announcing it in court, a court filing shows.
"The defense respectfully withdraws CPL § 250.10 notice at this time," a one-line notice by the defense said.
The decision to withdraw a psychiatric defense comes the same day Mangione faced a deadline to turn over records of his psychiatric history to the Manhattan district attorney's office.
Luigi Mangione appears for a pre-trial hearing at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York, June 17, 2026.
Angelina Katsanis/AP Photo
Mangione no longer has to turn over those records and Judge Gregory Carro ruled court documents memorializing the defense legal strategy will no longer be unsealed.
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Hat tip, David Muir on the ABC Evening News With David Muir
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If I was LM I'd ask for or hire new attorneys.
a mental incapacitation defense.
He went so far as to write a manifesto explaining his act. He might view an insanity defense as selling out his cause.
