Update: Sanguisugabogg vocalist Devin Swank vocalist has since clarified: "It's not a Sanguisugabogg shirt it’s literally me and a friend the bogg logo isn't even on it and it's no different than a meme."
Original story: 26-year old Luigi Mangione was arrested as the lead suspect in the murder of UnitedHealthcare chief executive Brian Thompson, who was shot and killed on December 4, 2024 in front of a Marriott hotel in New York City. Mangione was arrested on December 9 after being spotted at a McDonald's in Altoona, PA and is currently being held in Pennsylvania while fighting extradition to New York to face charges. Mangione is being charged with first degree murder, three gun charges, and forgery.
Predictably, Thompson's murder has unleashed torrents of hatred against American health companies, largely for their denial of coverage for a wide variety of health-related issues. Sanguisugabogg has taken a different route and not only provided an alibi for Mangione, but rolled out a "Free Luigi" shirt as well… and it's going about as well as you'd think.
"Just wanted to give a quick shout out to our friend Luigi who on December 4th around 6 AM helped us load our trailer and drive with us to play a secret set all the way to Point Arena, CA which is about 2800 miles from Manhattan and after staying at the show with us all night he bought merch from every band except for the hoodies and when we asked he just replied '2 things I hate most in this world are hoodies and 3D printed 9mm'. Thank you Luigi the world needs more people like you!"
"Sorry to anyone that was upset our friend won murderball it wasn't really fair but it was awesome he gave the ball to an underprivileged orphan who received free merch from us!"
The band then unveiled their Super Mario-themed Mangione shirt, adding: "Looks like he might spend a lot of time in the clink so let's get him a tape player and some books while he’s in there pre-order this one of a kind shirt here." Pre-orders for the shirt are available here, which I'm assuming is gonna get canned at some point.
