MARTIN SHKRELI'S TRIAL CONTINUES.
THIS IS THE INFAMOUS PHARMA-BRO WHO RAISED THE PRICE OF AN
AFFORDABLE PILL FROM AROUND SEVEN DOLLARS A PILL TO
$750 A PILL.
THAT'S HOW HE GOT HIS CLAIM TO FAME, BUT HE IS FACING TRIAL FOR
SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT, AND IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS TRIAL,
SOMEONE WHO HAS TESTIFIED AGAINST HIM, HIS FORMER HEDGE
FUND MANAGER, SHARED A LETTER THAT SHKRELI HAD MAILED TO HIM,
ADDRESSED TO HIS WIFE, AND IT SHOWS YOU JUST HOW INCREDIBLE
DISGUSTING THIS GUY HE IS.
SO, IN THIS LETTER, WHICH AGAIN WAS ADDRESSED TO THE HEDGE FUND
MANAGER'S WIFE, SHKRELI WROTE, "I HOPE TO SEE YOU AND YOUR
FOUR CHILDREN HOMELESS.
I WILL DO WHATEVER I CAN TO ASSURE THIS.
HUSBAND'S ARROGANCE IS INFURIATING, AND MAKING AN ENEMY
OUT OF ME IS A MISTAKE."
SO, JUST A DISGUSTING MESSAGE, OBVIOUSLY.
WHO GETS EXCITED ABOUT CHILDREN BEING HOMELESS?
I GUESS MARTIN
SHKRELI DOES.
SO, JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME
CONTEXT,
HE URGED PEOPLE AROUND HIM TO BUY AND SELL SHARES, SO HE WAS
TRYING TO COLLATE THE MARKET, AND IN DECEMBER 2012, MR.
SHKRELI ARRANGE FOR MISTER PIEROTTI BEING ñ TO BE PART OF A
GROUP BUYING STAKES, WHICH WAS ABOUT TO GO PUBLIC.
WHY WOULD SHKRELI SEND HIM THAT THREATENING MESSAGE?
WELL, AT ONE POINT, SHKRELI TOLD HIM THAT HE NEEDED TO SELL
HIM BACK THE SHARES, AND HE REFUSED TO DO SO.
EVENTUALLY HE JUST LET GO AND HE WAS LIKE, FINE I WILL SELL
YOU BACK THE SHARES, BUT, I MEAN, YOU ARE MANIPULATING
THINGS, YOU DEALINGS HAVING ILLEGAL, YOU ARE SENDING
SOMEBODY A THREATENING LETTER, AND NOW THAT LETTER IS
BEING USED AS EVIDENCE AGAINST HIM IN THIS CASE.
I SAW ONE OF THE MOST AGGRAVATING VIDEOS YOU
COULD WATCH.
IT WAS A BICE VIDEO WHERE A VICE REPORTER GOES AND HANGS OUT WITH
MARTIN SHKRELI, AND GOES AND PLAYS CHESS AT HIS HOUSE, AND
ITS MOST AGGRAVATING THING TO WATCH, AND IT ONE POINT YOU JUST
KIND OF UNDERSTAND THAT THE PERSONALITY OF MARTIN
SHKRELI IS THAT HE DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO GET PEOPLE TO LIKE HIM.
HE DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO DO THAT.
I DON'T THINK HE CARES.
I THINK HE ABSOLUTELY CARES, MORE THAN ANYBODY HAS EVER
CARED, ABOUT BEING LIKED.
AND HE COULD FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE A LOT OF MONEY OFF THE
STOCK MARKET, MAKE A LOT OF MONEY OVER PRICE GOUGING,
AND GET FINANCIAL GAIN.
THE ONE THING HE DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO DO IS MAKE PEOPLE LIKE
HIM, WHICH IS COMPOUNDED IN ITS TERRIBLENESS BY THE FACT THAT
THE ONE ñ THE OTHER THING HE KNOWS HOW TO DO OTHER THAN
MAKE MONEY IS GET PEOPLE HOW TO HATE HIM.
HE ONLY KNOWS WHAT TO DO PUSH PEOPLE'S BUTTONS, AND SO
EVERY TIME AN IDEA ON HOW TO DO THAT REACHES HIS BRAIN, HE
GOES RIGHT FOR IT.
HE KNOWS HOW TO BE THE BIGGEST DOUCHEBAG IN THE UNIVERSE.
SO, WHEN YOU WERE WATCHING THE JUST THING, WHAT KIND OF
THINGS TRIGGERED YOU?
OKAY, SO HE SITS BACK AND HE GOES, LET'S OPEN A MAGNUM BOTTLE
OF 2005 CH¬TEAU.
AND THEY SITS DOWN AND HE STARTED STRINGING IT.
AND SHE MAKES A MOVE AND HE GOES, SO, DO YOU DO THE
SPANISH DEFENSE VERY OFTEN?
IS THAT WHAT YOU TYPICALLY DO WHEN YOU PLAY CHESS?
AND SHE'S LIKE, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
AND HE GOES ñ AND THEN, HE FINDS A WAY TO BE LIKE, OH OKAY IT'S
VERY OBVIOUS, I THOUGHT YOU WERE DOING IT, BUT IT'S VERY OBVIOUS
YOU KNOW SO LITTLE ABOUT CHESS.
YOU'RE NOT A GOOD CHESS PLAYER.
INSTANTLY LITTLE TINY THINGS LIKE THAT.
HOW DID SHE REACT TO THAT?
SHE'S AN IDIOT, SHE'S A VICE REPORTER.
OH COME ON.
COME ONE!
WHEN THEY'RE WALKING ON THE STREET HE GOES, I REALLY
LIKE TO GOUGE PRICES.
HE ALSO SAYS SOMETHING LIKE, THAT'S PFIZER, THEY DO
UNETHICAL STUFF WHEN IT COMES TO PRICE GOUGING ALL THE TIME,
AND INSTEAD OF POINTING OUT THE INSANE IRONY IN THAT VERY ñ
LIKE, A DAILY SHOW REPORTER WOULD JUST BE LIKE, SO DO
YOU KNOW ANYBODY ELSE LIKE THAT?
INSTEAD SHE GOES, IT'S REALLY COLD, WHY ARE YOU WEARING
THAT JACKET?
REALLY?
YES!
YOU SENT A MORON TO DEAL WITH AN ASSHOLE.
OTHER COMPANIES CERTAINLY DO BUT DISSIPATE IN GOUGING, BUT MARTIN
SHKRELI STOOD OUT BECAUSE HE WENT TOO FAR.
A MASSIVE INCREASE IN THE DRUG, WHICH IS USED FOR AIDS
PATIENTS, AND HE IS NOT ON TRIAL FOR THAT.
THAT WAS A GOOD VICE ARTICLE THAT I READ ñ I THINK IT WAS
VICE ñ HE'S ON TRIAL FOR THAT, HE'S ON TRIAL FOR ROBBING FROM
OTHER FOLKS THAT WERE ALSO TRYING TO GOUGE PRICES.
THAT'S RIGHT.
BECAUSE YOU CAN ROB PEOPLE IN NEED, YOU EXPLAIN THE
POWERLESS AS MUCH AS YOU WANT, BUT YOU CAN'T TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF THE WEALTHY.
YOU WANT THAT.
HE'S JUST A BALL OF NEUROSES WITH HATRED
IN HIS BONES.