"CEO KILLER'S SECRET DIARY: MANGIONE'S LADYBOY FIGHT, $1M JAILHOUSE FUND & SADISTIC DISCOVERY IN D4VD HOME"
Reid Carter exposes what's really happening inside Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center where Luigi Mangione cleans toilets, receives 115 fan letters daily, and has raised $1.15 million for his defense. The alleged assassin's diary reveals chilling murder planning alongside bizarre Thailand stories about losing a bar fight to seven transgender women. Alec Baldwin's malicious prosecution lawsuit moves to federal court—prosecutors hid evidence, case dismissed, now he's suing everyone. Private investigator finds "sadistic" items at David's (d4vd) Hollywood home where 15-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez was last seen alive before her body was discovered in his Tesla's trunk.
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0:03 Callaroga Shark Media, Good morning, I'm Red Carter. Monday, October twenty seventh, twenty twenty five. Luigi Manjone, twenty seven years old Ivy League graduate, alleged assassin accused of executing United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan last December. Currently inmate number fifty two thousand, five hundred three DASH five to one one at Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center, and his life behind bars is absolutely bizarre. Mangione cleans toilets for a living, now spends his day's mopping prison bathrooms. Receives one hundred and fifteen fan letters every single day, has raised over one million dollars from supporters who think he's a hero.
0:53 Shares a cell with someone he calls Jay, who tolerates the clutter of his papers, loves chicken Thursdays, and eat Baby Ray's barbecue sauce. Oh and his diary found when he was arrested shows he was planning CEO assassinations while simultaneously sending WhatsApp messages about losing a bar fight to seven transgender women in Thailand and trying to pay a sex worker with Pokemon cards. Make it make sense. Today, we're looking at what's happening behind bars at one of America's most notorious federal prisons, where Mangioni is neighbors with Diddy, where he's become fast friends with fellow inmates, where he's reading news articles about himself every single day, and where he's preparing for what will be the biggest trial of twenty twenty six. Also, Alec Baldwin's malicious prosecution lawsuit just moved to federal court after prosecutors hid evidence that got his involuntary manslaughter case dismissed. He's now suing everyone involved.
1:51 The stakes just got higher and private investigator hired in the David case. The singer known as D four VD just revealed surveillance footage showing exactly when David's tesla was moved before fifteen year old Celeste Revas Hernandez's body was found decomposing in the trunk, plus sadistic items discovered at David's Hollywood home that authorities somehow didn't collect. Celeste was fifteen years old, should be starting her sophomore year of high school. Instead, she's dead and nobody's been arrested. I'm reed, Carter, this is celebrity trials. Let's talk about what happens when alleged killers become cult heroes, when dismissed cases turn into federal lawsuits, and when investigations move at a glacial pace while families wait for answers. Welcome back. Metropolitan Detention Center, Brooklyn, New York, the only federal prison in New York City, currently houses one thousand, seventy four male and female inmates, infamous reputation for dirty, dangerous conditions, rat infestations, broken toilets, violence, drug smuggling, overcrowding, understaffing. In twenty nineteen, a power outage left inmates in the dark in freezing conditions when temperatures hit three degrees fahrenheit. Humanitarian crisis is how it was described.
3:16 July twenty twenty four, an inmate died in a fight, another stabbed to death a month earlier. His attorney called it hell on Earth. This is where Luigi Mangoni lives now. Inmate fifty two thousand, five hundred three dash five hundred eleven, the alleged assassin, the heir to a prominent Maryland family, the Ivy League graduate turned folk hero to thousands of supporters who think shooting a healthcare CEO was justified, and according to people inside, he's doing just fine. December twenty twenty four, Mangione arrested out a McDonald's in Altoona, Pennsylvania, found with a red notebook, diary, a ghost gun, fake IDs, and a three page manifesto. Charged with murder. Extradited to New York State charges federal charges, could face the death penalty on the federal side. He arrived at MDC in December.
4:10 Brief stint in solitary confinement standard procedure for high profile inmates safety concerns, then transferred to general population Unit four G pre trial detainees, same as everyone else awaiting trial, and Mangioni got himself a job prison orderly, what inmates call a collie, someone with a prison job, his specific assignment cleaning showers and toilets. The alleged CEO assassin, the man with a million dollar defense fund, the cult hero with one hundred thousand supporters, scrubbing prison toilets for nineteen cents an hour your tax dollars at work. Former inmate Michael Daddia ended up on the same unit back in March, said Mangoni, welcomed him immediately. I look out the cell.
4:54 Luigi is standing there and he's like, hey, how's it going? Like supernice introduced himse to me first thing. Dadea said. They became fast friends during his two day stint before release on bail. Eight every meal together, attended ash Wednesday church service together. Mangione helped him search through newspapers looking for articles about himself, because that's what Mangione does between toilet cleaning shifts. Reads news coverage about his case, searches for articles with his name, tracks his own story like it's a Netflix series about someone else. Welcome to fame in twenty twenty five. You're accused of murder and you become a media sensation who follows your own coverage from a federal prison cell. But here's where it gets really interesting.
5:40 Mangione's diary, the Red Notebook, found when he was arrested, tells two completely different stories about who he is. Story one, The Calculated Assassin August twenty twenty four entry, I finally feel confident about what I will do. The details are coming together and I don't feel any doubt about whether it's right or justified. I'm glad in a way that I've procrastinated because it allowed me to learn more about United Healthcare. The diary shows Mangione studying the unabomber ted Kazinski analyzing what Kazinsky got wrong. He makes some good points on the future of humanity, Mangione wrote, but he indiscriminately mail Bomb's innocence. Normies characterize him as an insane serial killer, focus on the atrocities themselves, and dismiss his ideas.
6:34 Because of his indiscriminate atrocities, he becomes a monster, which makes his ideas those of a monster, no matter how true. So Manjoni decided to be smarter, more targeted, less monster, more revolutionary. Say you want to rebel against the deadly greed fueled health insurance cartel, do you bomb the HQ number Bomb's equals terrorism, he wrote. Instead, leggedly planned to whack the CEO at the company's parasitic bean counter convention because it doesn't risk innocence, calculated strategic philosophical justification for murder. This is someone planning an assassination like its a thesis project.
7:17 Story two. The backpacking bro having wild adventures in Asia March twenty twenty four, Mangioni sent a WhatsApp message to friends he met while traveling in Thailand, subject his evening activities beaten up by seven lady boys, lost his phone in a taxi, sent a photo of his scratched arm as proof. Another message tried to pay for a sex worker in Osaka, Japan, using pornstar Pokemon cards instead of Japanese yen. These aren't the messages of someone meticulously planning a CEO assassination. These are the messages of a twenty seven year old having a chaotic backpacking trip through Asia.
7:58 Friends described how my Gioni told them he was ready to zen out, meditate, and do some writing after his wild adventures. That writing based on the diary found in his backpack was far from zen. It was a countdown to murder. Smart enough to analyze ted Kaczinski's strategic failures, too stupid to realize that keeping a detailed murder diary and a manifesto in your backpack makes you the easiest suspect in history. Make it make sense, But here's the thing. Mangioni's contradictions make him fascinating to millions of people. He's not a one dimensional villain. He's an Ivy League graduate who was beaten up by lady boys and planned an assassination.
8:41 He's a wealthy heir who cleans prison toilets. He's an alleged murderer with over a million dollars in his legal defense fund, and inside MDC, he's got famous friends. Sean Diddy Comb's same prison charged with sex trafficking, racketeering, transportation to engage in prostitution awaiting trial. Sam Bankman freed was at MDC with Mangioni before being transferred to California twenty five years for one of America's biggest financial fraud schemes. Crypto bro turned federal inmate Gislaine Maxwell was there. Jeffrey Epstein's accomplice R. Kelly Martin, Screeley Farmer Brough himself. MDC is where famous criminals go to await trial in New York, and according to his attorneys, Mangioni is a model prisoner.
9:30 Never been cited from misconduct, never been punished or restricted, never exhibited uncooperative behavior, never placed in special housing. Just a regular inmate with a regular job in general population. Except for the fan mail one hundred and fifteen letters every day, from across the country, around the globe. Supporters sending books, photos, messages of encouragement. So many photos that Mangioni had to ask fans to limit it to five at a time because Bureau of Prison staff can't screen them fast enough. So many books that he asked people to temporarily stop sending them because he can only access a limited number at once. In February, Mangioni posted a message on his defense website. I am overwhelmed by and grateful for everyone who has written me to share their stories and express their support powerfully. This support has transcended political, racial, and even class divisions, as mail has flooded MDC from across the country and around the globe. He said he reads every letter but can't reply to most of them.
10:36 Thank you again to everyone who took the time to write. I look forward to hearing more in the future. This is what happens in twenty twenty five. You allegedly assassinate a healthcare CEO and become a folk hero with a fan club. The crowdfunding campaign for his legal defense has raised over one point one five million dollars twenty eight thousand contributors. On his twenty seventh birthday, May sixth, supporters organized a campaign to donate twenty seven dollars each as a way to celebrate. To mark his first birthday behind bars, Mangione compiled a list of twenty seven things I'm grateful for that he sent to loyal followers. The list included his family, friends, letters from supporters, his lucky long sleeve, the MDC mailroom, memes, books, the Bop music catalog, currently listening to television, the drug of the Nation by the disposable heroes of hipocrisy. He revealed MDC staff and correctional officers are nothing like what the Shawshank Redemption or the Stanford Prison experiment had me to believe. He expressed gratitude for chicken Thursdays and Sweet Baby Ray's barbecue sauce. He thanked his cellmate Jay, who he shares his birdcage with, who tolerates the clutter of all my pay papers, shares his unique wisdom and doesn't hesitate to humble me when I need it. And he listed how he's using donations
12:07 to his commissary account, a tablet, songs, stamps, high gene items, barbecue sauce, Goya sazhon peanut butter and lots of tuna packets. This is inmate number five two five zero three dash five one one, alleged assassin, toilet cleaner, barbecue sauce enthusiast, birthday list maker, Internet folk hero. Meanwhile, Brian Thompson's family is planning to spend the holidays without their husband and father. His two sons will grow up without him, His widow will never see him again because someone allegedly decided that healthcare CEO equals legitimate target. Mangioni faces both state and federal charges. The federal charges include murder through use of a firearm, stalking, and firearms offenses could face the death penalty.
12:58 The state charges in include first degree murder and murder as an act of terrorism. Trial likely in twenty twenty six, could be the biggest trial of the year. Everyone will be watching. Mangioni's attorneys requested a laptop so he can review case materials while in prison. He's taking an active interest in his defense, meeting regularly with his legal team in MDC's common visitor room. His family, prominent Baltimore family, philanthropic wealthy, has been largely absent, haven't attended court hearings issued one brief statement in December. Our family is shocked and devastated by Luigi's arrest. We offer our prayers to the family of Brian Thompson and we ask people to pray for all involved. That's it radio silence since then.
13:47 So Luigi Mangone sits in his eight x ten foot cell at MDC Brooklyn, cleans toilets, reads newspapers, writes to fans, eats chicken Thursdays with sweet baby rays, and prepares for trial. The alleged assassin who was beaten up by seven lady boys in Thailand, the heir who raised a million dollars while scrubbing prison showers, the cultural phenomenon awaiting the trial of twenty twenty six make it make sense. We'll be right back with Alec Baldwin's malicious prosecution lawsuit moving to federal court and disturbing new evidence in the David case. Sadistic items found at his Hollywood home where fifteen year old Celeste Revas Hernandez was last seen alive. Alec Baldwin, sixty seven years old, actor, producer, the guy from thirty Rock and The Hunt for Red October and one hundred other movies and since October twenty twenty one, the guy who shot and killed cinematographer Helena Hutchins on the set of Rust. Last week, his malicious prosecution lawsuit moved from New Mexico state court to federal courtans Special Prosecutor Kerrie Morrissey, Santa Fe District Attorney Mary Carmack Altweez, three investigators from the Santa Fe County Sheriff's office and the County Board of Commissioners filed the petition to move it. This raises the stakes in Baldwin's four year legal battle with New
15:17 Mexico authorities. From state court to federal court. Different rules, different judges, different procedures. Welcome to litigation as warfare. Let's recap how we got here. October twenty first, twenty twenty one, Rust movie set outside Santa Fe. Baldwin, lead actor and co producer, pointing a revolver at cinematographer Helena Hutchins during a rehearsal. The gun fired, Hutchins killed Director Joel Souza wounded. Baldwin said he pulled back the hammer but not the trigger, said the gun just went off. Tragic accident, he claimed, not his fault. Prosecutors disagreed charged him with involuntary manslaughter.
16:00 Said as actor and producer, he had responsibility for safety on set. Said he should have checked the weapon. Said, pointing a gun at someone and pulling the trigger or the hammer, whatever makes you responsible when it fires. July twenty twenty four, Baldwin's trial began. Few people testified. Then the case was upended by revelations that ammunition was brought into the Santa Fe County Sheriff's office in March twenty twenty four by a man who said it could be related to Hutchins killing. Prosecutors claimed they deemed the ammo unrelated and unimportant. Baldwin's lawyers said investigators buried the evidence in a separate case file filed a motion to dismiss. Judge agreed threw out the charge against Baldwin. Mid trial case over prosecutors asked the judge to reconsider. Judge refused.
16:48 Baldwin walked, But Baldwin didn't just walk away. He filed a lawsuit in January twenty twenty five civil rights violations, malicious prosecution defamation, claimed prosecutors and investigators targeted him for professional or political gain. Said they withheld exculpatory evidence, said they violated his constitutional rights. Named defendants Special Prosecutor Kerrie Morrissey, District Attorney Mary Carmack, Altwey's, three sheriffs, investigators Santa Fe County. The lawsuit initially lingered with little activity, dismissed in July, reinstated in September at Baldwin's request. Now moved to federal court by the defendants. Why does that matter? Federal court means federal judges, federal rules of civil procedure, federal standards for prosecutorial immunity. This isn't just a venue change, It's a strategic battlefield shift. Prosecutors and government officials have qualified immunity in many situations. Federal courts interpret that immunity more broadly than state courts. Moving to federal court could make it harder for Baldwin to win, but it also means discovery happens under federal rules. Depositions, document production, email searches.
18:02 Everything prosecutors and investigators did gets examined under federal standards. That cuts both ways. Here's what we know. Hannah Gutierrez read the rust weapons supervisor was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in Hutchins's death. Sentenced to eighteen months served one and a half years released on parole, recently appealing her conviction. David Hall's assistant director pleaded no contest to unsafe handling of a firearm six months probation. Matthew Hutchins, Helena's widower, reached a settlement with Baldwin and other rust producers in twenty twenty two wrongful death lawsuit resolved terms undisclosed, but Helena's parents and younger sister are still pursuing damages against Baldwin and rust producers in New Mexico civil court. Their claims could result in Baldwin being deposed under oath in November, so Baldwin faces the malicious prosecution lawsuit he fed, now in federal court, the ongoing civil lawsuit from Hutchin's family still in state court, potential deposition in November, where he'll be questioned under oath about the shooting. Baldwin's attorneys say they've approached state and county officials about settlement prospects translation can we make this all go away for money? Standard litigation strategy, But prosecutors moving the case to federal court suggests they're not interested in settling. They want federal judges to dismiss it entirely based on qualified immunity. They want vindication.
19:33 They want to avoid paying damages to an actor who killed someone on a movie set. Here's the thing. Baldwin was charged with a crime, He went to trial, the case was dismissed because prosecutors hid evidence. That's not speculation. The judge found prosecutorial misconduct and dismissed the case. Now Baldwin is suing for malicious prosecution. Seems reasonable. You charge someone with a crime, hide evidence that helps their defense get the case thrown out for misconduct, you should face consequences. But prosecutors argue they have immunity, that their decisions, even if wrong, are protected because they were acting in their official capacity. That you can't sue prosecutors just because they made mistakes. Federal court will decide, could take years, could settle tomorrow, could result in a huge verdict against the county, could be dismissed entirely. Meanwhile, Helena Hutchins is still dead.
20:30 Forty two years old when she died. Cinematographer, mother, wife, daughter, sister, should be fifty years old today, should be working on films, should be raising her son. Instead, she's dead because someone pointed a gun at her and it fired. Whether that's criminal negligence, tragic accident, or prosecutorial overreach is apparently still being litigated four years later. Welcome to the American justice system, where the shooting happens in twenty twenty one, and we're still arguing about immunity and venue in twenty twenty five.
21:10 David Anthony Burke twenty one years old, known professionally as D four D. That's the letter D, the number four, the letters V and D pronounced David. Internet sensation turned recording artist, millions of followers, viral interviews showcasing his singing ability, rising star in the music industry. September eighth, twenty twenty four, fifteen year old Celeste Revas Hernandez's decomposing body was discovered in the front trunk of David's Tesla. The vehicle had been impounded from a Hollywood Hills street where it sat for weeks, towed to a yard. Employee reported a suspicious smell. Police opened the trunk, found Celeste. Six months later, nobody's been arrested. David hasn't been named, a suspect hasn't been named, a person of interest canceled, all his tour dates, disappeared from public view, and the Los Angeles Police Department apparently needs a private investigator to do their job for them.
22:12 Steve Fisher, missing person's private investigator, hired by the homeowner where David had been staying, just revealed crucial evidence during a court TV interview, surveillance footage showing exactly when David's tesla was moved before Celeste's body was discovered. July twenty ninth, twenty twenty four, the tesla was moved one final time to its parking spot on Bluebird Avenue in the Hollywood Hills, within walking distance of the home where David had been staying. Same day, David and his entourage left on a tour bus for their first concert in San Francisco. The video shows one identifiable person driving the vehicle to its final location. Fisher knows who was behind the wheel, won't reveal the identity publicly says he doesn't want to interfere with LAPD's investigation.
22:58 The tesla remained partorked on Bluebird Avenue from July twenty ninth until it was impounded September fifth. Parking enforcement officer first marked it August twenty seventh, noted the tire positions. Issued a citation September third for violating the seventy two hour parking ordinance. Three days later, towed to a Hollywood towyard. September eighth, towyard employee reported a suspicious smell. Police opened the front trunk the fronk in Tesla terminology found Celeste Revas Hernandez, fifteen years old, decomposing six months ago. No arrests, no cause of death determined. Los Angeles Medical Examiner's website still shows no determination of cause or manner of death.
23:44 Toxicology reports typically take four to six months. Were past that timeline. But here's the most disturbing part of Fisher's investigation. He found sadistic items at the Hollywood Hills home where David was staying. Fisher emphasized possessing certain items isn't illegal, but he described finding materials that don't belong in any residential environment, items that could potentially be used to harm someone, items that go beyond typical tools. Sadistic is how he characterized them. Those items have been photographed and delivered to authorities, but, and this is critical, LAPD did not collect them during their September eighteenth search of the property. Your tax dollars at work. Private investigator finds potential evidence in a suspicious death investigation, takes photos, delivers them to police, police don't collect them. Lauren Collins, host of The Outlier podcast and Pop Crime TV reporter, said she's completely surprised at the lack of progress. Said if it weren't for Fisher's work, she'd be even more concerned about the case's direction. Fisher's investigation revealed Celeste was not a regular presence at the Hollywood Hills home. Last photograph of her found on David's camera was dated January second, twenty twenty five. Fisher believes she was staying at a different location, possibly an apartment in East Hollywood. Surveillance footage spans December twenty twenty four through April twenty twenty five. Comprehensive timeline of activity at
25:14 the property. Images of Celeste from December twenty twenty four, but January twenty twenty five represents her last known proof of life on David's camera. Celeste Revas Hernandez fifteen years old, should be starting her sophomore year of high school, should be hanging out with friends, should be worried about homework and weekend plans. Should be alive. Instead, she's dead, found decomposing in the trunk of a celebrities car. Six months later, No arrests, no cause of death, no suspect named, and police apparently can't be bothered to collect potential evidence found by a private investigator. David canceled all tour dates after the discovery, lucrative concerts career making opportunities, hasn't been seen publicly, hasn't made any statements, His representatives haven't commented. He hasn't been named a suspect, hasn't been named a person of interest, which raises questions. If you're not involved, why disappear, If you have nothing to hide, why cancel everything and go dark.
26:20 Maybe he has a good reason, Maybe his attorneys told him to stay quiet. Maybe he's cooperating with the investigation behind the scenes. Or maybe the LAPD knows exactly what happened and they're building a case slowly and methodically. Or maybe they have no idea what happened and they're hoping someone else solves it for them, like the private investigator who's doing their job. Celeste's family has remained largely silent. Language barriers may contribute. Her mother primarily speaks Spanish, but the family deserves answers, deserves to know how their fifteen year old daughter ended up dead in a celebrities car trunk. The case remains under investigation. La APD says it's unclear whether there's criminal culpability beyond concealment of the body, awaiting further findings from the Medical Examiner's office. Translation. We don't know what happened. We don't know who's responsible. We found a dead teenager in a car trunk and we're still trying to figure out if anyone committed a crime. Make it make sense. Fifteen year old girl found dead, Surveillance footage showing when the car was moved, sadistic items found at the residence. Six months of investigation, zero arrests. Celeste reevas Hernandez deserves better, her family deserves answers, and the LAPD needs to do its job. Monday, October twenty seventh, twenty twenty five, Luigi Mangione cleans toilets at Brooklyn's MDC
27:52 while receiving one hundred and fifteen fan letters daily and raising over a million dollars for his defense. His diary shows he was planning in Assassin Nation while getting beaten up by ladyboys in Thailand. Trial of twenty twenty six coming. Brian Thompson is still dead. Alec Baldwin's malicious prosecution lawsuit just moved to federal court after prosecutors hid evidence and got his case dismissed. He's suing everyone involved. Meanwhile, Helena Hutchins family is still pursuing civil damages. Helena is still dead four years later, still litigating, and David the singer known as D four VD still hasn't been named a suspect or person of interest. Six months after fifteen year old Celeste Revas Hernandez was found decomposing in his tesla's trunk, private investigator found sadistic items at his home, LAPD didn't collect them. No arrests, no cause of death. Celeste is still dead. Pattern recognition. The justice system moves slowly while families wait for answers. Celebrity defendants hire expensive lawyers and fight in federal court. Teenage victims get found in car trunks and nobody's a rested. Six months later, I'm reed, Carter.
29:03 Tomorrow we'll be covering more trials, more updates, more cases where justice is either served or denied. Remember you don't have to be a celebrity going in, but you will be one when the verdict comes down. Celeste Reevas Hernandez, fifteen years old. Someone has to say her name. This is celebrity trials.