Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old charged in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, declined to wear a pair of argyle socks gifted by a fan for a court appearance on February 21, 2025 ...

Luigi Mangione violated the "special treatment" he was afforded for his last court appearance when handwritten notes were concealed inside a pair of argyle socks he was allowed to wear, New York ...

Agnifilo Intrater© Agnifilo Intrater Luigi Mangione opted to not wear the argyle socks to his February 21 court appearance. Curtis Means - Pool/Getty Images© Curtis Means - Pool/Getty Images ...

Someone tried to smuggle Luigi Mangione notes in argyle socks before his latest court appearance. "Know there are thousands of people wishing you luck," one read, prosecutors said in a new court ...

The note — plus another heart-shaped message addressed to someone called “Joan” — was hidden in a piece of cardboard in a new pair of Argyle socks that were bound for Luigi Mangione.

A secret admirer of Luigi Mangione snuck a heart-shaped note to him in a pair of argyle socks he was allowed to bring to his latest circus-like court appearance, a new legal filing reveals.

A version of this article appears in print on March 27, 2025, Section A, Page 21 of the New York edition with the headline: Mangione Was Sent Socks With Heart-Shaped Notes, Prosecutors Say.

Written on pink paper, the message was signed “K / Free Luigi.” The attorneys said they didn't realize the note was stuck in the socks until the court officer found it Feb. 21.

Two handwritten, heart-shaped notes were hidden inside the argyle socks Luigi Mangione wore to court last month, violating the special treatment he had been afforded for his “fashion needs ...

Luigi Mangione violated the “special treatment” he was afforded for his last court appearance when handwritten notes were concealed inside a pair of argyle socks he was allowed to wear, New ...