The rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs and the suspected health care CEO assassin Luigi Mangione have decided on a similar defence strategy: Hire an Agnifilo. Or two.
Marc Agnifilo is heading Combs’ defence against racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking charges, while Karen Friedman Agnifilo is leading Mangione’s murder defence, with Marc in a support role.
For much of the past few decades, the legal power couple often found themselves on opposite sides of such complex cases – she for the prosecution, and he for the defence. Now, they find themselves representing two of the most high-profile cases in the country today.
From 2014 to 2021, Karen was the second-in-command in the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, which brought notable cases against defendants including Harvey Weinstein and Allen Weisselberg, the chief financial officer of the Trump Organization. …