First trial of Luigi Mangione in UnitedHealthcare CEO murder postponed three months

The state trial against Luigi Mangione, charged in the death of a top U.S. health care executive, was postponed for three months Wednesday amid a dispute among lawyers over a tight schedule.

Mangione is charged in the homicide in December 2024 of Brian Thompson, then-CEO of UnitedHealthcare. The case shocked the United States and reopened the debate over the country's private health care system.

Mangione is responding in two separate trials one in a New York state court and one at the federal level, since defendants can be tried at both the state and federal level for the same crime, even though the charges tend to differ.

September and October after requiring more time for the defense

The state trial date was set for June 8, but, following an order by Judge Gregory Carro, the trial to define whether Mangione is guilty of manslaughter will begin on September 8.

A day earlier, another U.S. judge had postponed the federal trial against the defendant until October, after the defense said it did not have enough time to prepare the case. Given the closeness of the two dates, it is possible that the federal trial will be postponed for longer in the face of the new state trial date.

In the state trial, Mangione will be tried for murder and faces a life sentence without the possibility of parole. In federal court, he is charged with two counts of interstate stalking and risks the same penalty.

Five days after the murder, Mangione was arrested at a McDonald's restaurant in Altoona, Pennsylvania, 370 kilometers from the crime scene.