{"id":33676,"date":"2025-11-09T07:50:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T07:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/33676\/"},"modified":"2025-11-09T07:50:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T07:50:15","slug":"luigi-mangione-allegedly-beaten-by-7-ladyboys-after-1500-dispute-months-before-gunning-down-unitedhealth-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/33676\/","title":{"rendered":"Luigi Mangione allegedly beaten by ‘7 ladyboys’ after $1,500 dispute \u2014 months before gunning down UnitedHealth CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"

Luigi Mangione was allegedly beaten by seven transgender women<\/a> commonly referred to in Thailand as \u201cladyboys\u201d in a Bangkok sex bar after a $1,500 dispute \u2014 months before he was accused of gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson<\/a> in Manhattan, according to a new book.<\/p>\n

The alleged bar brawl, described in a self-published book titled \u201cLast Known Contact: The Untold Story of Luigi Mangione,\u201d<\/a> adds a new twist to the accused assassin\u2019s chaotic travels across Asia in 2024.<\/p>\n

The anonymous author claims to have met Mangione while backpacking in Thailand and says the Ivy League graduate shared messages and photos describing the melee, according to excerpts published by DailyMail.com.<\/a><\/p>\n

Luigi Mangione was allegedly beaten by seven transgender women in a bar room brawl in Thailand in 2024. Getty Images<\/p>\n

Mangione is accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City last year. Obtained by NY Post<\/p>\n

Mangione, 27, and a group of new friends had stopped into what the author called an \u201cinfamous sex bar\u201d in Bangkok\u2019s red-light district when they were presented with a tab roughly equivalent to $1,500 after drinking only a couple of beers.<\/p>\n

When the men questioned the inflated bill, they were surrounded and attacked by as many as seven ladyboys, the book claims.<\/p>\n

Mangione reportedly escaped with scratches and bruises and later boasted about the encounter over WhatsApp, texting: \u201cLol not a ladyboy. More like 7 ladyboys.\u201d<\/p>\n

Text messages said to be from Mangione were published in a new book. supplied<\/p>\n

Mangione is said to have sent images showing bruises and scratches. supplied<\/p>\n

The author said he did not witness the brawl firsthand but included screenshots of the messages and a photo of Mangione\u2019s injuries.<\/p>\n

The Post has not independently verified the authenticity of the book or the alleged correspondence. Mangione\u2019s attorney was not immediately available for comment.<\/p>\n

The author of a book says he met up with Mangione while he was backpacking in Thailand. supplied<\/p>\n

The new claims expand on a report by the New York Times<\/a>, which first revealed Mangione\u2019s own description of being \u201cbeaten up by seven \u2018ladyboys\u2019\u201d in a message to friends earlier this year.<\/p>\n

The Times said it reviewed the same WhatsApp exchanges and a photo of his scratched arm.<\/p>\n

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Christian Sacchini, a professional soccer player who met Mangione at a Bangkok pub in March 2024, told the Times the Maryland native spoke enthusiastically about video games and Pok\u00e9mon before launching into a rant about how \u201ceffed up\u201d the US health care system was compared to Thailand\u2019s.<\/p>\n

Mangione, a University of Pennsylvania graduate, later told friends he wanted to \u201cmeditate\u201d and \u201cdo some writing\u201d in Japan\u2019s remote Nara Mountains.<\/p>\n

The alleged bar brawl is described in a self-published book titled \u201cLast Known Contact: The Untold Story of Luigi Mangione.\u201d amazon.com<\/p>\n

Juntaro Mihara, who owns a small guesthouse in Tenkawa where Mangione stayed six days, said he was quiet and avoided using digital devices.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe only had minimum necessary conversations with other guests or maybe didn\u2019t talk with anyone,\u201d Mihara told the Times.<\/p>\n

According to diaries later seized by prosecutors, Mangione\u2019s tone darkened after returning to the US in July 2024. In one entry from August, he wrote that he felt \u201cfoggy\u201d but \u201cconfident\u201d about taking action against what he called injustice in the health care system.<\/p>\n

Mangione is reported to have frequented a seedy sex bar in the red light district of Bangkok last year. Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cI finally feel confident about what I\u2019ll do,\u201d he wrote, according to the Times.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe details are finally coming together. And I don\u2019t feel any doubt about whether it\u2019s right\/justified. I\u2019m glad \u2014 in a way \u2014 that I\u2019ve procrastinated, bc it allowed me to learn more about UHC. The target is insurance. It checks every box.\u201d<\/p>\n

Authorities say Mangione shot Thompson, 50, outside the Hilton Hotel in Midtown Manhattan<\/a> on Dec. 4, 2024, as the executive attended the insurer\u2019s annual investor conference.<\/p>\n

Mangione has gained a cult following among young women on social media since his arrest last December. CURTIS MEANS\/POOL\/EPA\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n

Police recovered shell casings etched with the words \u201cdelay,\u201d \u201cdeny\u201d and \u201cdepose\u201d \u2014 terms associated with insurance claim practices.<\/p>\n

Mangione was arrested five days later at a McDonald\u2019s in Altoona, Pa., following a multistate manhunt.<\/p>\n

Mangione was allegedly carrying a 3D-printed handgun, a suppressor, a fake ID and a handwritten 262-word manifesto attacking the US health care industry, DailyMail.com reported, citing unnamed sources.<\/p>\n

Those details have not been confirmed by prosecutors.<\/p>\n

A rep for Mangione denied the claims.<\/p>\n

\u201cNumerous statements about Luigi circulating online and in the media have been filled with misleading characterizations and outright lies. These fabricated claims come from opportunistic individuals who are seeking to promote themselves at Mr. Mangione\u2019s expense. <\/p>\n

Thompson, 50, was killed outside the Hilton Hotel in Midtown Manhattan on Dec. 4, 2024, as the executive attended the insurer\u2019s annual investor conference. UnitedHealth Group<\/p>\n

\u201cThis represents part of a longstanding pattern of people seeking to grift off the attention on Luigi by attempting to speak on his behalf, spread beliefs he doesn\u2019t share, and malign him generally, during a time when he cannot speak for himself,\u201d the rep added.<\/p>\n

The accused killer has pleaded not guilty to state and federal murder<\/a> and stalking charges. Federal prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.<\/p>\n

Mangione has gained a small online following <\/a>of supporters who describe his crime as a form of protest, though law enforcement officials have condemned the rhetoric as dangerous.<\/p>\n

He remains held without bail and is due back in federal court Dec. 5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Luigi Mangione was allegedly beaten by seven transgender women commonly referred to in Thailand as \u201cladyboys\u201d in a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33677,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[8075,6974,9,11,10,9202,20110,58],"class_list":["post-33676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-bars","tag-luigi-mangione","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-thailand","tag-unitedhealth","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33676\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}