MAJOR Ruling in Luigi Mangione Case, Harvey Weinstein’s Mistrial, and Alternative Theory on Murdaugh Murders, with James Lasdun

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🗓️ 19 May 2026

⏱️ 70 minutes

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The MK True Crime Show hosts Ashleigh Merchant and Phil Holloway join the program to discuss the new ruling in the case against Luigi Mangione, the accused killer of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, what evidence will and won’t be allowed in his state trial, why it differs from what’s admissible in the federal trial, the nuances of what qualifies as an illegal search and seizure, the outcome of Harvey Weinstein’s latest sexual assault case, why jurors say they couldn’t reach a verdict, the surprising gender dynamics at play in the jury room, award-winning author James Lasdun joins Ashleigh and Phil to discuss the latest updates in the reopened Murdaugh murders case, the prosecution’s statement about possibly seeking capital punishment in a retrial, the defense’s insistence that Murdaugh will not consider a plea deal, how Alex Murdaugh matches the disturbing criminal profile of a ‘family annihilator,’ a fascinating alternative theory that could explain what happened at Moselle, and more. Ashleigh Merchant: https://www.criminaldefenseattorneysmarietta.com Phil Holloway: https://x.com/PhilHollowayEsq James Lasdun: jameslasdun.com Shopify: Launch your dream business with Shopify. Sign up for your $1/month trial at https://Shopify.com/mktc and start selling today! Q30: For a FREE Q-Collar sleeve with your Q-Collar purchase, head to https://Q30.com/MK and use code MK. #sponsored Veracity Health: Head to https://VeracityHealth.co and use code MK for up to 65% off your order Follow MK True Crime on all social platforms: YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@MKTrueCrime X - https://x.com/mktruecrime Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/mktruecrime TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@mktruecrime

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0:00.0	Welcome to the MK True Crime Show. I'm Ashley Merchant, criminal defense attorney from Atlanta, Georgia.
0:10.4	Today I am joined by my friend and co-host, Phil Holloway. He is a criminal defense lawyer,
0:14.9	a former prosecutor, and a police officer. Hey, Phil, how are you?
0:18.5	I'm doing great, Ashley, always happy to be here with you.
0:22.0	Good to see you. So let's talk about what we have on the docket today. We have a lot of big
0:26.2	stories coming out. We have a major ruling that we just got in the case of Luigi Mangione.
0:31.3	He is the accused killer of United Healthcare CEO, Brian Thompson. We'll tell you what the evidence
0:36.7	will come in and what will not be
0:38.4	allowed in his state trial. Yeah, and Ashley, we also have Harvey Weinstein news. Back to New York,
0:45.4	we've got Harvey Weinstein who scored a victory in court last Friday. We'll discuss the
0:51.1	mistrial ruling handed down by the court and what comes next for the three
0:56.2	times accuser, Jessica Mann. And joining us later, we have author James Lasden. He is going to share
1:03.6	his thoughts on Alex Murdo's recently overturned murder convictions and his new book, The Family
1:09.2	Man, Blood and Betrayal in the House of Murdoch.
1:12.4	Can't wait for that.
1:13.7	Phil, let's start with Luigi Mangione News.
1:16.0	So what's going on with Luigi?
1:18.1	Yeah, all right.
1:18.7	So we got quite a lot.
1:19.8	So by way of background, folks will, of course, remember, unless they've been living under
1:24.7	a rock, Luigi Mangione, 27 years old, is accused of murdering
1:29.0	Brian Thompson, who was the CEO of United Healthcare. Thompson was shot and he was killed
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