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Martin Shkreli's $5 Million Bail Revoked for Facebook Post Seeking Hillary Clinton's Hair

posted by cmn32480 on Saturday September 16 2017, @10:23AM   Printer-friendly
from the getting-what-you-deserve dept.

takyon writes:

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.

Also at CNBC and Bloomberg.

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  • (Score: -1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 16 2017, @11:50AM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 16 2017, @11:50AM (#568921)

    WOAH. I just ejaculated five feet into the air, spun around, and caught my load in my bashful mouth!

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  • (Score: 2) by Nerdfest on Saturday September 16 2017, @02:33PM

    by Nerdfest (80) on Saturday September 16 2017, @02:33PM (#568966)

    I think this is the first "-1 Funny" I've ever seen.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 16 2017, @08:41PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 16 2017, @08:41PM (#569105)

    Ah, someone trolling the monospace guy. How rude

    • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Sunday September 17 2017, @05:31AM

      by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Sunday September 17 2017, @05:31AM (#569282) Journal

      The monospace guy (Arik) pretty much *is* doing the above improbably-acrobatic act of autofellatio every time he posts with that stupid fucking font, though. He actually sometimes has stuff worth reading but it's so user-hostile I don't usually bother.

      One of these days I'm going to write a Greasemonkey script or something that specifically renders his, and only his, comments in Comic Sans.

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      I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...