# Martin Shkreli's trial starts today {June 26, 2017} **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 26, 2017, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martin-shkrelis-trial-starts-today-june-26-2017/789916 "2017-06-26T14:54:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2017, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martin-shkrelis-trial-starts-today-june-26-2017/789916/41 "2017-08-04T18:44:15Z")
[We have a verdict](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/APFN_US_MARTIN_SHKRELI_TRIAL?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2017-08-04-14-34-11). Gonna be read later today. ETA: [Weirdness!](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_THE_OTHER_MARTIN_SHKRELI?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2017-08-04-12-46-56) > [@](#): > > A defendant in a money laundering case has at least two things in common with “Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli - the same name and the same judge. > > The other Martin Shkreli pleaded not guilty Friday in the same New York courtroom where the former pharmaceutical CEO was waiting for a verdict in his securities fraud trial. His doppelganger wasn’t there at the time. > > The odd coincidence wasn’t lost on the 59-year-old Shkreli No. 2, who smiled and shook his head when asked about his counterpart. He said he had no interest in being that “famous.” ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2017, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martin-shkrelis-trial-starts-today-june-26-2017/789916/42 "2017-08-04T18:56:18Z")
Convicted! ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2017, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martin-shkrelis-trial-starts-today-june-26-2017/789916/43 "2017-08-04T19:16:17Z")
[Guity on 3 of 8 counts](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MARTIN_SHKRELI_TRIAL_NYOL-?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2017-08-04-14-43-22). ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2017, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martin-shkrelis-trial-starts-today-june-26-2017/789916/44 "2017-08-04T19:21:36Z")
So, country club prison for a few months, then a book deal and talk show appearances. Yep, he’ll get his. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2017, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martin-shkrelis-trial-starts-today-june-26-2017/789916/45 "2017-08-04T19:46:23Z")
We’ll see what happens during the sentencing phase. I sure hope he doesn’t get the “half a year and out to write a book” type of sentence. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2017, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martin-shkrelis-trial-starts-today-june-26-2017/789916/46 "2017-08-04T20:23:34Z")
“No sentencing date was set.” Huh? Why not? ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2017, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martin-shkrelis-trial-starts-today-june-26-2017/789916/47 "2017-08-04T20:37:58Z")
He’s not part of the Trump administration yet? ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2017, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martin-shkrelis-trial-starts-today-june-26-2017/789916/48 "2017-08-04T20:47:14Z")
> [@digs](#): > > “No sentencing date was set.” > > Huh? Why not? They need to go down to Home Depot for a rope? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2017, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martin-shkrelis-trial-starts-today-june-26-2017/789916/49 "2017-08-05T15:22:21Z")
Martin Shkreli at prison commissary: “Can I buy shower sandals?” “That’ll be $700” “I thought it was $13.50” “The price suddenly went up” – Benjamin Siemon 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2017, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martin-shkrelis-trial-starts-today-june-26-2017/789916/50 "2017-08-06T16:59:55Z")
Seen on FB: > [@](#): > > Worrisome new crime wave - people are breaking the law to get themselves arrested so they can beat the shit out of Martin Shkreli in prison. ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2017, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martin-shkrelis-trial-starts-today-june-26-2017/789916/51 "2017-09-13T22:42:32Z")
Poor guy [can’t shut up](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-13/shkreli-s-bail-revoked-after-threat-against-clinton-on-facebook) to save his life, bless his heart. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2017, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martin-shkrelis-trial-starts-today-june-26-2017/789916/52 "2017-09-13T22:47:44Z")
I hope the other inmates show no mercy and make him cry every day of his prison sentence. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2017, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martin-shkrelis-trial-starts-today-june-26-2017/789916/53 "2017-09-13T22:52:17Z")
I bet he ain’t grinning like an asshole anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Crazy\_Canuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crazy_canuck/32/5282_2.png) [@Crazy\_Canuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crazy_Canuck)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2017, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martin-shkrelis-trial-starts-today-june-26-2017/789916/54 "2017-09-13T23:03:55Z")
> [@Punoqllads](#): > > Poor guy [can’t shut up](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-13/shkreli-s-bail-revoked-after-threat-against-clinton-on-facebook) to save his life, bless his heart. This made me smile. He’s not going to do well in prison. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2017, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martin-shkrelis-trial-starts-today-june-26-2017/789916/55 "2017-09-14T00:03:50Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > I bet he ain’t grinning like an asshole anymore. I’m pretty sure that’s just his default expression. Like how someone coined the term a few years back “bitchy resting face”; Shkreli has “pompous douchebag smirk resting face”. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2017, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martin-shkrelis-trial-starts-today-june-26-2017/789916/56 "2017-09-14T01:01:12Z")
Pompous douchbags always do REALLY WELL in jail. He’s in Riker’s, isn’t he? Please tell me he’s in Riker’s. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2017, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martin-shkrelis-trial-starts-today-june-26-2017/789916/57 "2017-09-14T01:16:13Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Pompous douchbags always do REALLY WELL in jail. He’s in Riker’s, isn’t he? Please tell me he’s in Riker’s. NYT says he’s in a Federal jail in Brooklyn. ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2017, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martin-shkrelis-trial-starts-today-june-26-2017/789916/58 "2017-09-14T01:19:01Z")
I believe he will be held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2017, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martin-shkrelis-trial-starts-today-june-26-2017/789916/59 "2017-09-14T01:19:30Z")
> [@Punoqllads](#): > > Poor guy [can’t shut up](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-13/shkreli-s-bail-revoked-after-threat-against-clinton-on-facebook) to save his life, bless his heart. I don’t get\*\*\* why\*\*\* he wants Clinton’s hair. Anyone understand where he’s coming from? ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2017, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martin-shkrelis-trial-starts-today-june-26-2017/789916/60 "2017-09-14T01:20:03Z")
I like to think that I can understand most people on some level. I really don’t get this guy’s deal. At all. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martin-shkrelis-trial-starts-today-june-26-2017/789916.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martin-shkrelis-trial-starts-today-june-26-2017/789916.md?page=4)