In a notable legal development, Mangione and Sean “Diddy” Combs share a unique connection through their defense attorneys. Karen Friedman Agnifilo, a former Manhattan prosecutor, is representing Mangione, while her husband, Marc Agnifilo, is defending Combs against federal sex trafficking and racketeering charges.
NEW YORK POST
It looks like Luigi Mangione and Sean “Diddy” Combs have more in common than orange jumpsuits and ankle shackles.
Karen Friedman-Agnifilo, the high-powered lawyer hired by UnitedHealthcare murder suspect Luigi Mangione, is married to none other than Marc Agnifilio, who has been representing the rapper as he battles sex trafficking charges.
Friedman-Agnifilo is a former prosecutor who ditched her longtime position as the head of the sex crimes unit in the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office in 2021 to join her husband’s private firm, Agnifilo Intrater LLP .
Before joining her husband in the private sector, Friedman-Agnifilo clocked in seven years as second in command to District Attorney Cyrus Vance.
Her marital relationship even caused career strife at times — Friedman-Agnifilo was forced to recuse herself from several cases in which her husband was representing accused suspects, including Harvey Weisnetin’s rape prosecution.
The disgraced movie mogul retained a member of the Agnifilo Intrater LLP team in 2017 after “Boardwalk Empire” actress Paz de la Huerta made “credible and detailed” claims that Weinstein raped her several years earlier, meaning Friedman-Agnifilo had no choice but to step down from the case.
Friedman-Agnifilo also clocked in time as the lead investigator on allegations that Seton Hall’s former board chairman sexually harassed the school’s former president’s wife, a claim later found to be unsubstantiated.