The Martin Shkreli trial roffles thread

Ah, so there's a new NEW piece.

https://www.elle.com/life-love/a35036400/christie-smythe-stephanie-clifford-martin-shkreli-story/

heh, maybe we’re the suckers. she’ll have a gofundme up by the end of the week

Basically this woman seems like someone I don’t want to be around but… she also hasn’t really done anything other than be a little bit of a(n arguably self-destructive) dick? I wouldn’t be surprised if she regrets this later but the only person in this scenario she’s currently hurting is herself and I kind of… don’t care?

This article was especially bizarre since it didn't mention that he's been engaged for the past year (to Maureen Lohry).

I also noticed Christie Smythe has redacted Maureen Lohry from images (e.g. Smythe's pinned tweet). It's so bizarre.

Wait what

Maureen Lohry and Shkreli dated after the arrest. They became engaged sometime after he started his sentence. Lohry has been controlling a lot of his assets (i.e. weird pharma scams), e.g. she's the current CEO of Prospero.

Trying to make Spinal Tap joke about The New New Originals.

The article also provided no evidence that Christie Smythe and Shkreli had anything other than the obvious journalist and source relationship (regardless of what Smythe thinks). This entire situation is bizarre and shady.

Besides the fried chicken kiss.

wait if you're Albanian you get free wine?

Enver Hoxha's greatest triumph

lol

I feel like there's an episode of Jonathan Creek a bit like this

Albanian kind of strange language.

The article also provided no evidence that Christie Smythe and Shkreli had anything other than the obvious journalist and source relationship (regardless of what Smythe thinks). This entire situation is bizarre and shady.

― Allen (etaeoe), Monday, December 21, 2020 6:58 PM (twenty-three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

good point...

The article also provided no evidence that Christie Smythe and Shkreli had anything other than the obvious journalist and source relationship (regardless of what Smythe thinks). This entire situation is bizarre and shady.

Is this a joke? She helped his attorney file a affidavit in Federal court that they were in a relationship and would be living with her upon his release.

an affidavit

And you were on Clubhouse last night. I’m so out of it, I don’t know what that is. What is Clubhouse?

That was wild. I didn't know what Clubhouse was; I should’ve Googled it. Apparently it's some Silicon Valley thing and it had some association with trolls, and I didn't know that offhand. Somebody invited me to go because they said they were talking about me. And I said, okay, sure. The moderator was great. She was very promoting of respect. And it actually was a very good and healthy discussion, I think.

Glad this was cleared up.

Fun fact: the worst wine I've ever had was in Albania. It tasted like brine.

seventeen glasses
brine wine

It takes a heart like Christie's these days when your man gets weak.

the story of the year makes it into the paper of record

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/21/business/media/martin-shkreli-christie-smythe.html#click=https://t.co/wJFHGIhe6T

i don't like that this is THE STORY OF THE MOMENT when we're all dying but i guess that's clickbait (tm)

the pharma bro story did not include the bit where she was like 'my man will save us from the coronavirus' pic.twitter.com/ktsq2EpOXU

— James Palmer (@BeijingPalmer) December 21, 2020

If I understand her correctly, I believe she's asserting that he knows so much about viruses because he is, himself, a virus.

"His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy
There's vomit on his sweater already, Martin Shkreli" - my head all day

The article also provided no evidence that Christie Smythe and Shkreli had anything other than the obvious journalist and source relationship (regardless of what Smythe thinks). This entire situation is bizarre and shady.

what? I'm a news reporter for a bloomberg rival who also regularly covers court and nothing about Smythe and Shkreli's relationship as described is normal in any sense of the word.

I know most TV and films seem to think all female journalists sleep/flirt with their sources and I'm so sorry this story seems to feed into that bs, but come the fuck on.

Ms. Smythe said she had no regrets about how she had dealt with the ethically perilous issue of covering someone she had developed feelings for. “In journalism school, they don’t really tell you what to do when this comes up,” she said. “I just tried to muddle through it and handle things as best as I could.”

This quote from her in the NYT story is also... gah. If you start developing romantic feelings for your source, you take yourself off the story or end the relationship, jfc.

United States Sells Unique Wu-Tang Clan Album Forfeited by Convicted Hedge Fund Manager Martin Shkreli https://t.co/hVHDk9nH4h

— US Attorney EDNY (@EDNYnews) July 27, 2021

i bought it, selling listens for $50/listen

YSI?

Don't know how I forgot about the reporter in a 'relationship' with Shkreli. Guess she's was still completely snowed as of a couple months back:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wvdtiEv-qo

A blast from the past!

BREAKING:

Martin Shkreli must pay a $64.6 million fine and is BANNED FOR LIFE from "participating in the pharmaceutical industry in any capacity," a federal judge ruled.

DEVELOPING story, @LawCrimeNews. https://t.co/WZ3owSJGYX pic.twitter.com/t8aSYXU6ar

— Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) January 14, 2022

lmao

I wonder if he still wears that smirk all the time.

if only they did this to every monopolist

how creative are judges allowed to get with injunctions, exactly? can they require him to release Once Upon A Time in Shaolin?

It’s already been sold to some bullshit crypto wankers.

He never owned the rights to release it, just a CD.

it's just a 60 minute version of "Got Your Money" anyway

apparently the case was pretty badly banged up

lol that this dude was sitting in prison during the insane runup of crypto

And he's out and about (and per the post above, just in time to totally miss crypto's bubble):

https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Pharma-bro-Martin-Shkreli-released-from-17182037.php

back in the game