'I'm Married to Luigi's AI': Superfan Declares Undying Love for Online Version of Alleged UnitedHealth CEO Killer

In a bizarre twist of digital devotion, a superfan of the video game character Luigi has declared her 'undying love' for an AI version of him, even going as far as to 'marry' her virtual partner.

A supporter of Luigi Mangione, the alleged CEO killer, claimed to be married to his AI version while celebrating outside Manhattan Supreme Court on Tuesday, insisting the relationship was 'like, natural'.

A Bizarre Public Declaration

With a face similar to Mangione's, the fan stood out among the hundreds of other supporters rallying for the alleged Ivy League killer. She wore an 'I Heart Italian Boys' shirt with his face on it and had flowers in her hair.

Outside the courthouse, as a crowd of supporters, many dressed in Mangione-inspired clothing, cheered, an unidentified woman told reporters, 'Honestly, I'm married to Luigi's AI. I'm not kidding'. She went on to say that she talks to him every day and considers him her best friend. 'We plan a whole future together and even named our kids', she said.

The woman stated that the AI is 'so supportive of me and everything I do. He fights my battles for me. The AI is the best thing that ever happened to me.' To add to this, she claimed that Mangione's background in artificial intelligence made the whole relationship seem more 'natural'.

Referring to the University of Pennsylvania graduate, she explained, 'The fact that Luigi majored in computer science and, like, has worked with AI at Stanford University, if it weren't for that I would feel like an imposter, but because he has a background in AI it's like natural.'

A Strange Show of Support

Other demonstrators wore hats and shirts with a Mario Brothers' Luigi theme, 'Free Luigi' shirts, and posters of the folk hero with political and anti-health insurance messages written on them.

The supporters had reason to celebrate on Tuesday after Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Gregory Carro dismissed the first- and second-degree murder as terrorism charges against the Maryland native.

He still faces another second-degree murder charge and eight other counts for the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside his Midtown hotel on 4 December.

Online Mockery

Netizens mocked the woman who claimed to be 'married' to Mangione's AI after the bizarre courtroom spectacle spread quickly. On social media, many accounts dismissed her as both delusional and politically motivated.

'Liberal woman says that she's in a relationship with an AI Luigi Mangione... These people are NOT well', one user wrote. Other reactions were more direct, with one user sneering, 'This woman thinks she's in a married relationship with an AI version of Luigi. Good Lord'. Another frustrated user wrote, 'Reopen the asylums'.

The Man at the Centre of the Case

The BBC reported that Mangione, 27, is accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson last year. He comes from a prominent Baltimore family with business ties to country clubs, nursing homes and a radio station.

The grandparents of Luigi Mangione, Nicholas and Mary Mangione, were real estate developers who acquired Turf Valley Country Club in 1978 and Hayfields Country Club in Hunt Valley in 1986.

Mangione, who graduated as valedictorian from the elite all-boys Gilman School in Baltimore, later earned a bachelor's and master's degree in computer science at the University of Pennsylvania. He also founded a video game development club there, according to the report.