Luigi Mangione and Sean “Diddy” Combs appear to share more than just their legal troubles and ankle shackles. Karen Friedman-Agnifilo, the high-profile attorney defending Luigi Mangione in the UnitedHealthcare murder case, happens to be married to Marc Agnifilo, who is representing the rapper in his ongoing fight against sex trafficking allegations.
Friedman-Agnifilo replaced Mangione’s initial representation Thomas Dickey on Friday. Friedman-Agnifilo, a former prosecutor, left her long-standing role as head of the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office’s sex crimes unit in 2021 to join her husband’s private law practice, Agnifilo Intrater LLP. She had earlier helped prosecute the Harvey Weinstein case in New York and handled several high-profile cases in NY.
Strange Coincidence
Friedman-Agnifilo is widely regarded as a seasoned expert in New York’s state court system. According to a source who spoke to CNN, she “knows every hallway, every judge, and every clerk in the courthouse.”
“She’s got as much experience as …