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Martin Shkreli has been jailed following a peculiar Facebook post:
Martin Shkreli, the former pharmaceutical executive who is awaiting sentencing for a fraud conviction, was sent to jail on Wednesday after a federal judge revoked his bail because he had offered $5,000 for a strand of Hillary Clinton's hair.
Mr. Shkreli, who was free on $5 million bail while he awaited sentencing, had made two Facebook posts offering cash to anyone who could "grab a hair" from Mrs. Clinton during her book tour.
At the hearing in Federal District Court in Brooklyn, Judge Kiyo A. Matsumoto said that Mr. Shkreli's post could be perceived as a true threat. "That is a solicitation to assault in exchange for money that is not protected by the First Amendment," she said.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 16 2017, @11:10AM (2 children)
He's clearly insane, like most American top CEO's. He just isn't as good at hiding it.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 16 2017, @05:02PM (1 child)
He knows what other CEOs do and that the business world endorses that kind of behaviour.
He also knows that this shit isn't really hard to find out about.
So he reasons further:
The great public must also be aware of all that shit yet they don't do anything about it. Therefore, they must either also find that behaviour acceptable or they are simply powerless.
BZZT.
In reality, people are just willingly ignorant about it. "out of sight, out of mind". Once you force it to them, they'll rip you to pieces and return to their happy world which is now fixed for good.
Why he had such a problem with that is the interesting question. He's apparently not like the other CEOs. Hard to tell if that's a good or bad thing.
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 16 2017, @09:08PM
Yeah. He's in jail.