In the days following Luigi Mangione’s arrest, guards at the Pennsylvania prison where he was detained were told not to take their eyes off him, lest “an Epstein-style situation” occur with the most high-profile murder suspect in the U.S. on their watch, a Manhattan judge heard Monday.

The testimony was provided by Correction Officer Tomas Rivers from SCI Huntingdon, Pa., at an evidence hearing in the Manhattan district attorney’s case against Mangione, who’s accused of gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on a Midtown sidewalk on Dec. 4, 2024.

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Rivers told the court that he chatted with the jailed murder suspect at length while monitoring his eight-by-12-foot cell in a special housing unit for hours on end — chatting about literature, traveling in Southeast

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