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trueblue2007

(17,228 posts)
Wed Sep 13, 2017, 11:05 PM Sep 2017

Martin Shkreli sent to jail for posting online bounty on Clinton's hair

Martin Shkreli sent to jail for posting online bounty on Clinton's hair
US news 4 hours ago
A federal judge revoked the former pharmaceutical CEO's bail, sending him to jail for offering to pay anyone $5,000 for a lock of Hillary Clinton's hair.

The Associated Press?Verified account @AP

BREAKING: Ex-pharmaceuticals company CEO Martin Shkreli has bail revoked in New York securities fraud case, heads to jail.
3:08 PM - 13 Sep 2017

NEW YORK — Former pharmaceuticals company CEO Martin Shkreli had his bail revoked and was headed to jail Wednesday while awaiting sentencing for a securities fraud conviction.

A judge heard arguments about whether the provocative online antics of Shkreli, dubbed the Pharma Bro, were bad enough to put him behind bars and decided to have him taken into custody immediately.

A judge said Shkreli’s offer to pay a $5,000 bounty for a Hillary Clinton hair with the follicle was “solicitation of an assault.” The judge said Wednesday that’s not protected by the First Amendment and there’s “a risk someone may take” Shkreli up on his offer.

A defense attorney had argued in court papers that Shkreli’s recent offer to pay a $5,000 bounty for securing a Hillary Clinton hair with a follicle while she’s on a book tour was merely a tasteless joke comparable to some of President Donald Trump’s derisive comments, not a threat worthy of putting him behind bars.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/sep/13/martin-shkreli-has-has-bail-revoked-sent-jail-secu/

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Martin Shkreli sent to jail for posting online bounty on Clinton's hair (Original Post) trueblue2007 Sep 2017 OP
He is such a scumbag. Let's see if he smirks in a month. Alice11111 Sep 2017 #1
Read this in LBN canetoad Sep 2017 #2
Yeah. They both being in jail. Control-Z Sep 2017 #3
I don't even get the joke he was trying to make JHan Sep 2017 #4
Dum-de-Dum-Dum Dummm! longship Sep 2017 #5
Will he be put in with the other prisoners? left-of-center2012 Sep 2017 #6
Why does Martin Shrikeli want Hillary Clinton's hair? Warren DeMontague Sep 2017 #7
So Attorneys are now using a 'but Trump did similar so it's okay' type of defense... WePurrsevere Sep 2017 #8
Good Dorian Gray Sep 2017 #9

Control-Z

(15,682 posts)
3. Yeah. They both being in jail.
Wed Sep 13, 2017, 11:49 PM
Sep 2017

"...merely a tasteless joke comparable to some of President Donald Trump’s derisive comments"

WePurrsevere

(24,259 posts)
8. So Attorneys are now using a 'but Trump did similar so it's okay' type of defense...
Thu Sep 14, 2017, 05:25 AM
Sep 2017

"comparable to some of President Donald Trump’s derisive comments"...

Shkreli's not only a greedy little buttwipe but from his threat to Hillary, a case could probably be made that he's a dangerous psychopath who should be locked away from society to keep others safe from him.



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