'Pharma Bro' Shkreli snubs legal advice as he heads to court

NEW YORK — "Pharma Bro" Martin Shkreli, sometimes called "the most hated man in America," isn't keeping a low profile as he heads to court.

Even with his federal securities fraud trial beginning on Monday, Martin Shkreli has blatantly defied his attorneys' advice to keep quiet. The former pharmaceutical CEO, who became a pariah after raising the cost of a life-saving drug 5,000 percent, has been preening for cameras and trolling on social media, potentially complicating his defense.

"I'm excited," Shkreli said of the trial in a brief phone call last week to The Associated Press. "I can't wait."

Since his high-profile arrest in late 2015 when he was led into court in a gray hoodie, Shkreli has been free on bail and free to speak his mind. He went on Twitter to label members of Congress "imbeciles" for demanding to know why his company, Turing Pharmaceuticals, raised the price of Daraprim, a drug used to treat toxoplasmosis and HIV, from $13.50 to $750 per pill.

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