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Who is Luigi Mangione’s new prison consultant, Craig Rothfeld? The adviser also works with Harvey Weinstein, and became an expert on New York prisons after spending time behind bars himself for fraud

Prison advisor Craig Rothfeld has channelled his own experience with prison to help other high-profile inmates, including murder suspect Luigi Mangione. Photos: Craig Rothfeld/LinkedIn, TNS
Prison advisor Craig Rothfeld has channelled his own experience with prison to help other high-profile inmates, including murder suspect Luigi Mangione. Photos: Craig Rothfeld/LinkedIn, TNS

Luigi Mangione – who has been charged with the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson – is retaining Harvey Weinstein’s prison consultant Craig Rothfeld

Luigi Mangione is retaining Harvey Weinstein’s prison consultant Craig Rothfeld, according to Page Six.

Mangione is currently being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn and is reportedly on the same floor as Sean “Diddy” Combs, who is awaiting trial on sex trafficking and racketeering charges, per the same outlet.
Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the murder of United Health Group executive Brian Thompson, arrives at a helicopter pad after being extradited from Pennsylvania to New York, in December 2024. Photo: Reuters
Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the murder of United Health Group executive Brian Thompson, arrives at a helicopter pad after being extradited from Pennsylvania to New York, in December 2024. Photo: Reuters
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The news comes after Mangione hired lawyer Karen Friedman Agnifilo to represent him – who also happens to be the wife of Diddy’s lawyer Marc Agnifilo.
Mangione, 26, has been charged with second-degree murder in the December 4 shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York. Mangione has pleaded not guilty and Rothfeld reportedly joined his hearing last week.

Here’s what we know about Craig Rothfeld.

What is Craig Rothfeld’s background?

Craig Rothfeld is a criminal justice adviser and prison consultant. Photo: @abklawnyc/Instagram
Craig Rothfeld is a criminal justice adviser and prison consultant. Photo: @abklawnyc/Instagram

Craig Rothfeld is a criminal justice adviser, advocate and prison consultant. He did a degree in business and accounting at the University of Albany in 1993, and went on to study at New York University, the NYU Stern School of Business, and Arizona State University.

Rothfeld has since worked at organisations including Arthur Andersen & Co., Sotheby’s, Conectiv and WJB Capital Group Inc., before he launched his own company called Inside Outside in 2017. The company advises individuals and their lawyers in the post-indictment phase leading up to plea and sentencing, per the company website.

Rothfeld is also “involved in criminal justice legislation and reform and was actively involved in the passage of the Less is More Act parole reform legislation,” according to his bio.

He has spent time in prison himself