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One of the worst characters in this whole mess, RJ Martin, is back trying to ride Tracy's coattails on the media clout train again. He shockingly managed to give a great comment this time round about Luigi being unable to have a fair trial.

Some quotes from the Rolling Stone article about the guilty plea from "friends"

>Mangione didn’t have any friends or family in federal court Friday, but friends who spoke with Rolling Stone say they were unaware he was planning to submit a guilty plea. 

>Martin believes, “Luigi was declared guilty by our government from the start,” and he adds that would make “a truly fair trial difficult to imagine.”

>Other friends of Mangione’s say they were surprised to hear he was pleading guilty as opposed to seeing how at least one of his upcoming trials would play out with a jury. Many expressed their sadness at knowing their friend would likely spend much of his life incarcerated, but declined to comment on the record.

>A former friend of Mangione’s who did extracurricular computer programming with Mangione in high school says he found it “really weird” to hear the guilty plea, calling it a “stark shift” from the Mangione he used to know.

>“He never struck me as a political person,” says R.K., who asked to use only his initials. “I think it speaks to the radicalization in this country in the current day.”

>R.K. says he finds the crime “unacceptable and deeply sad” but says he hopes the guilty plea doesn’t stop the conversation about Americans’ frustration with the healthcare system. “I’ve experienced the difference firsthand as a foreigner living in this country,” says R.K.

>“Luigi was always chasing perfection, because that was his identity: being smart,” said Mangione’s former high school teacher, who thought Mangione would grow up to work in a science lab or build AI models. His friends in Hawaii remember him as thoughtful, kind, and compassionate.

A Texas health care executive and her husband avoided jail time after striking a deal with Florida prosecutors in a child neglect case stemming from allegations that they left their 6-month-old baby unattended on a beach while they went for a walk.

Sara Sommers Wilks, 37, a regional president at US Heart and Vascular in Houston, and her husband, Brian David Wilks, 40, entered deferred prosecution agreements that will allow them to avoid criminal prosecution if they comply with a series of conditions over the next year.

Under the agreements signed last month, the couple must each pay $1,000 in fines and court costs, complete 25 hours of community service, attend a parenting class, stay out of legal trouble and remain barred from Walton County in the Florida Panhandle.

The couple was arrested Oct. 10 last year after deputies responded to reports of an unattended infant on Miramar Beach.

According to the Walton County Sheriff’s Office, witnesses told authorities the baby had been left alone for nearly an hour while the parents walked away with their three other children.

Brian David Wilks was arrested alongside his wife following the October 2025 incident in Miramar Beach, Fla. Walton County Sheriff's Office

Good Samaritans cared for the infant until deputies arrived, authorities said.

The parents told investigators that they didn’t think it would be a problem since the baby usually napped around the time they are alleged to have walked off, according to the sheriff’s office.

Security footage reviewed by investigators allegedly showed the family away from the child for nearly an hour and without a cellphone, according to authorities.

The Florida Department of Children and Families responded to the scene following the incident and took custody of the children pending the arrival of relatives from Texas, according to the sheriff’s office.

Both parents were charged with child neglect without causing great bodily harm, a felony offense under Florida law.

The case drew widespread attention because of Sara Wilks’ role in the health care industry.

In April 2025, Cardiovascular Business named her to its “Forty Under 40 Class of 2025,” identifying her as regional president of US Heart and Vascular in Houston.

The publication said she helped create “a more cost-effective and streamlined experience for patients” and was recognized for leadership within the cardiovascular care industry.

“A baby left alone on a beach sounds like an easy conviction, but proving the parents walked away is the easy part,” Safir told The Post.

Prosecutors still would have had to prove culpable negligence, a higher legal standard under Florida law.