Inside Luigi Mangione’s Sad 27th Birthday Meal Behind Bars

Luigi Mangione, the alleged killer of UnitedHealthCare CEO Brian Thompson, served his 27th birthday behind bars, and his meal was far from a celebratory feast.

Based on a new report, Luigi Mangione’s birthday meal included a sad array of bland dishes, specifically a makeshift special called “breakfast cake.”

According to TMZ, Mangione, who was arrested in December 2024 after the death of Thompson went viral, spent his 27th birthday behind bars at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York.

However, it was far from a joyous occasion, especially considering the food he was served was as unappetizing as could be.

For breakfast, the alleged shooter was served fruit, cereal, sugar substitute packets, skim milk, and a piece of breakfast cake. The latter is described as a “cake-like” dish usually comprised of crushed items from the prison’s commissary.

Come lunch time, Mangione was offered pasta with meat sauce and chickpea marinara, spinach, whole wheat bread, fruit, and a beverage.

For dinner, he was served a chicken patty sandwich, a chickpea burger, steamed rice, pinto beans, lettuce, tomato, mayo, a hamburger bun, and a drink.

Mangione’s birthday meal comes days after the 27-year-old pleaded not guilty to a series of serious charges, including murder through the use of a firearm.

The judge presiding over his case mandated that all discovery materials be provided to the defense by May 27th.

The discovery materials aren’t all that Mangione and his legal team have to worry about, though. In early April 2025, US Attorney General Pam Bondi announced her plans to seek corporate punishment for Mangione if he is found guilty of his charges.

She said, “Luigi Mangione’s murder of Brian Thompson — an innocent man and father of two young children — was a premeditated, cold-blooded assassination that shocked America.”

Bondi added, “After careful consideration, I have directed federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty in this case as we carry out President Trump’s agenda to stop violent crime and Make America Safe Again.”

Mangione’s legal team is fighting back against the request and called it “political, arbitrary, capricious” and a “breach of established death penalty protocol.”

They also wrote in their filing, “The stakes could not be higher. The United States government intends to kill Mr. Mangione as a political stunt.”

Bondi’s move to seek the death penalty came after President Donald Trump signed an executive order, instructing the attorney general to “pursue the death penalty for all crimes of a severity demanding its use.”

President Trump has also spoken candidly about the praise he’s seen Mangione receive across social media, calling his supporters “terrible” people with a “sickness.”

“I think it’s really terrible that some people seem to admire him, like him,” Trump said. “I was happy to see that it wasn’t specific to this gentleman that was killed. It’s just an overall sickness as opposed to a specific sickness … That was a terrible thing. It was cold-blooded. Just a cold-blooded, horrible killing.”

“And how people can like this guy is a … that’s a sickness, actually,” he added.

“Maybe it’s fake news,” Trump continued. “It seems that there’s a certain appetite for him. I don’t get it.”

New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch agreed, saying, “We don’t celebrate murders, and we don’t lionize the killing of anyone.”