Martin Shkreli, the former Turing Pharmaceuticals executive who became known as “Pharma Bro,” arrives for the first day of jury selection in his federal securities fraud trial Tuesday in Brooklyn. Packed into the second-floor courtroom in Brooklyn, several potential jurors said they had already formed strong opinions of Shkreli. One potential juror told U.S. District Judge Kiyo Matsumoto that Shkreli is “the price gouger of drugs. He also asked that reporters not be allowed to listen to potential jurors’ voice their opinions about Shkreli, which was also denied. Court officers confiscated a copy of one of the New York tabloids that covered the first day of the trial from one of the potential jurors.

Source: Washington Post June 27, 2017 14:08 UTC