Martin Shkreli, the boisterous former hedge-fund manager and pharmaceutical-industry executive, was chastised Wednesday by a judge for speaking to the media during the early days of his securities-fraud trial. Shkreli's attorney, Benjamin Brafman, said he was alerted by a U.S. marshal that Shkreli was in the room and "ran" across the courthouse to pull him out. Kasulis pointed to comments Shkreli made to reporters last week indicating that he had never considered a plea deal to resolve his case. Brafman said he was ethically bound to raise the issue of a plea deal with prosecutors but that Shkreli repeatedly refused to consider it. Matsumoto ordered Shkreli to no longer speak to reporters about the case either in the courtroom or on the street outside.

Source: Los Angeles Times July 05, 2017 16:38 UTC