Hallucinogenically unpleasant “Pharma bro” Martin Shkreli is grabbing headlines again, this time for a vague threat he made against Hillary Clinton.
On Wednesday evening, his court case took a surprising turn when Brooklyn Federal Judge Kiyo Matsumoto decided to revoke his $5 million bail.
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Shkreli had written on Facebook that he’d happily dole out $5,000 to anyone who plucked out Secretary Clinton’s hair during her book tour.
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Now the 34-year-old will spend a considerable amount of time in a jail cell; however long it takes for his case to play out.
Shkreli gained notoriety when he decided to hike up the price of an AIDS medication –the 62-year-old drug Daraprim — from $13.50 to a whopping $750 while running Turing Pharmaceuticals.
In August, he was convicted of both securities fraud and a conspiracy count.
Judge Matsumoto ruled his remarks about Clinton would “cause a reasonable person to have concern”:
“The fact that he continues to remain unaware of the inappropriateness of his actions or words demonstrate to me he may well be an ongoing danger or risk to the community.”
According to the New York Daily News, Shkreli’s attorney, Ben Brafman, pleaded for around 20 minutes requesting a social media ban, but the judge remained firm.
“He should be apologizing to the government and Secretary Clinton,” the judge said.
“He is soliciting an assault on another person in exchange for $5,000.”
“I can’t say with any certainty that the threats have not been taken seriously by anybody.”
Until next time, Shkreli.
ChrisK
I hope he ends up someone’s bitch and someone else films it. I’m sure it would get lots of likes.
Phillip
It’s past time this plague on our society sits in a cell so he can actually suffer the consequences of his selfish actions. Being part of the 1% sociopathic society, he has no idea how to behave and thinks whatever he does is cute.
His actions have consequences and perhaps one day he’ll learn to keep his mouth closed. His money can’t always buy him out of trouble.
NateOcean
ha ha ha ha ha…… hehehehehe…oh ho hoho ho.
hehehehehehhe …hahahahahhah…..
abachooklas
So little is understood about the daraprim situation. Daraprim is so old and has no suitable use any longer; with modern drugs out for use that are much safer, Daraprim is a crude and primitive drug with awful side-effects that did plenty of harm with little benefit. It’s the same situation as being able to buy meth in north korea to treat symptoms of the common cold. Big pharma and the insurance companies are keeping the price of the pill low in order to keep prescribing it, which makes them a huge cash cow for their own pockets, they don’t care about the consumer. It’s the same situation seen with antibiotics and how they’re no longer effective, but are constantly prescribed, anyway. The reason for the price hike was to push innovation and make the drug obsolete so that it wouldn’t be prescribed and so that newer, safer, more effective drugs were to be prescribed to patients, giving them more effective treatment. The guy has issues, obviously, but stop repeating everything you’re hearing just because it’s a headline and know the facts.
1EqualityUSA
Here’s a fact. If one uses a hula-hoop without support…
PinkoOfTheGange
Dude do you work for pharma bro? Because the above is a gross distortion. And makes no sense.
He was able use the trade name because he bought it, and was the only one that supplied it the drug, Pyrimethamine (generic), is off patent and anyone that has the ability, inclination, and FDA approved lab can compound it and sell it. Like Imprimis does for about a buck a pill mail order.
DCguy
Awwww, ho adorable, the fake Schkrelli troll tries to lie to back up his little jailed hero.
The problem with your comment is that the drug was off patent, wasn’t making anybody a fortune, and was very effective at what it did for a limited group of people.
Schkrelis company does ZERO medical research. He treated it like a penny stock, he bought it cheap and figured he’d do what every other Pharm company did and jack up the price. The only problem for him is, instead of doubling it like most companies would, he increased it far more and brought attention on to himself.
But nice try with your false story there troll.
ChrisK
Wow. I didn’t know that guy was akin to Mother Teresa. Thanks for clearing that up
abachooklas. Oh wait. She’s a big fraud too.
blackout_boycott
he can finally wipe that smirk off his face a dirty bastard. and if your smiles afterwards one of the prisoners got him bending over picking up the soap in the shower I hope he gets everything he deserves!
1EqualityUSA
Or just being bored and tired of bologna sandwiches on white bread, the lack of freedom and loss of privacy will do.
DCguy
The dirty little secret is, as far as the drug went he didn’t do anything different than any other drug CEO, he was just not quite as subtle about it.
Remember, Senator Manchin’s daughter runs a company that bought up the pantent on the Epi Pen delivery system and increased it by around 600%. She’s still out there doing fine. Guess having that Senator as a daddy helps.
It will be interesting to see if this guy kills himself or just ends up getting traded for a pack of cigarettes in prison.
Bob LaBlah
I am hoping a guard captures on his cell phone video the face of this little twit once that steel door slams shut behind him (Shkreli) and he realizes just where nothing else but his mouth put him. Lord what I would give to see that seemingly never ending smirk wiped off of his face and the tears rolling down his cheeks when he realized there are no personal pc/cable televisions as so forth in prison cells.
Billy Budd
In time, he will learn that dropping the soap can be painful but pleasurable. And he will get addicted to Dick.
Josh447
Who knows. Maybe he’s already addicted.