MARTIN SHKRELI, THE
NOTORIOUS PHARMA BRO HAS OFFICIALLY BEEN SENTENCED FOR
SECURITIES FRAUD AND THE SENTENCE IS RATHER LENGTHY. 7
YEARS
BEHIND BARS AND PRIOR TO BEING SENTENCED, HE HAD A TEARFUL PLEA
IN COURT WHERE HE FINALLY TOOK RESPONSIBILITY FOR HIS ACTIONS
AND SAID THAT HE WANTED SOME LENIENCY WITH THE SENTENCE, BUT
NO, IT WAS NOT A LENIENT SENTENCE.
HE SAID:
FINALLY, A TINY BIT OF JUSTICE.
AND THEN HIS LAWYER HAS A GREAT QUOTE THAT I WANTED TO
SHARE WITH YOU GUYS.
THE JUDGE DID SPECIFY THAT SHE DID NOT HOLD HIS TERRIBLE
COMMENTS IN THE PAST AGAINST HIM.
SHE DIDN'T EVEN HOLD HIS
PHARMACEUTICAL PRICE GOUGING AGAINST HIM.
THAT WAS NOT WHAT
HE WAS ON TRIAL FOR.
HE WAS ON TRIAL FOR LYING TO OTHER RICH
PEOPLE, NOT INCREASING THE PRICE OF MEDICATION THAT HELPS PEOPLE
WITH HIV, SO SEVEN YEARS.
AWESOME.
I DO NOT KNOW IF I BELIEVE HIS TEARS BECAUSE THE GUY IS A
HUGE ACTOR AND HE LOVES BEING A SHOWMAN.
EARLIER HE HAD TOLD
THE PRESS THAT THE PROSECUTION WAS JUNIOR VARSITY.
I GUESS
THEY MADE THE VARSITY TEAM.
I DON'T KNOW IF I BELIEVE ANYTHING
HE SAYS, BUT HE WILL HAVE A LOT OF TIME TO THINK OF NEW PR
STUNTS WHILE SITTING IN PRISON FOR SEVEN YEARS, BUT THE DOUBLE
DOWN ON ANA'S POINT, HIS MAIN MISTAKE WAS NOT RIPPING PEOPLE
OFF IN GENERAL.
THAT IS A LIFE-SAVING DRUG.
HE BUYS THAT
COMPANY, HE JACKS IT UP 5000% SAYING I AM GOING TO HOLD YOUR
LIFE
HOSTAGE.
THAT IN AMERICA IS PERFECTLY LEGAL.
PEOPLE WHO
CAN'T AFFORD BECAUSE THEY CANNOT AFFORD THAT MEDICINE, THAT IS
LEGAL.
YOU FACILITATE THE DEATH OF POOR PEOPLE IN MIDDLE-CLASS
PEOPLE, THAT IS NOT A CRIME IN AMERICA BUT HE RIPPED OFF
OTHER REALLY RICH INVESTORS.
THAT IS WHAT THEY GOT HIM FOR BECAUSE THAT IS A HUGE
CRIME IN AMERICA.
NOT ONLY DID HE LIE TO THE INVESTORS, WHAT ESSENTIALLY
HAPPENED WAS HE LOST THEIR MONEY AND THEN STOLE MONEY FROM HIS
OWN PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY AND ORDER TO PAY THOSE INVESTORS
BACK, SO THERE WERE ALSO THE CRIMES THAT HE COMMITTED, BUT
THE TAKE AWAY THAT REALLY DOES STAND OUT TO ME IS WHEN IT COMES
TO THE AVERAGE AMERICAN GETTING SCREWED OVER, WHO CARES?
BUT IF YOU ARE LYING TO RICH PEOPLE, INVESTORS, THE LAW
WILL COME DOWN HARD ON YOU.
DID THEY TAKE HIS WU-TANG ALBUM?
YES.
I READ IT, I JUST WANTED ALL OF US TO JUST, YOU KNOW
WHAT, THIS IS THE EPITOME OF PRIVILEGE.
IT IS SO FUNNY, I SEE PEOPLE ACCUSE YOU OF BEING SNARKY
ON TWITTER.
DAMN RIGHT.
THIS IS SNARK RIGHT HERE.
THIS GUY DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING WAS GOING TO HAPPEN TO HIM.
HE JUST KEPT GOING AND HE WOULD'VE KEPT GOING HAD HE
NOT MESSED WITH HIS OWN KIND BECAUSE HE CAN MESS WITH US
AS MUCH AS HE WANTS.
I APPRECIATE HIM BECAUSE HE IS VERY USEFUL AND THAT
USUALLY PEOPLE OF HIS ILK ARE MUCH MORE CLEVER ABOUT AT
LEAST MASKING SOME OF THOSE HORRIBLE THINGS THAT THEY DO.
HE IS VERY USEFUL IN THAT IT IS LIKE TAKING THE MASK OFF
AND YOU KIND OF SEES THE MONSTROSITY THAT IS A
HEALTHCARE SYSTEM FOR EXAMPLE OR JUST HOW HEINOUS PEOPLE
THAT WORK IN FINANCE OFTEN ACT.
WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IS HOW ANYONE INVESTED IN HIM IN
THE FIRST PLACE.
THIS GUY WALKS INTO A ROOM AND SAYS RICH DUDES, GIVE ME
YOUR MONEY, I PROMISE YOU I WILL TAKE GOOD CARE OF IT.
AND THEY BELIEVED HIM.
BUT CAN I JUST SAY, I HAVE THE ANSWER TO THAT.
HE IS LIKE
I AM THE GUY WHO DOUBTS THE AVERAGE CONSUMER AT A 5000% RATE
SO GREED ONE THE DAYS.
THEY ARE LIKE THAT SOUNDS GOOD.
TO THEN
THAT WAS NOT THE BUG, IT WAS A FEATURE SO THEY GOT
OBSESSED WITH THEIR OWN GREED AND WERE LIKE MAYBE HE CAN
GIVE ME THAT RETURN AND IT TURNS OUT HE SCREWS EVERYBODY AND
THEN THEY ARE SHOCKED AND CHAGRINED TO GO CRYING TO THE
PROSECUTORS AND THE PROSECUTORS GO IT IS A RICH PERSON?
WE ARE ON IT.
I THINK IT IS JUST HUMAN NATURE TO RESPOND WELL TO PEOPLE
WITH MONEY.
LIKE DONALD TRUMP, IT DOES NOT MATTER HOW
INCOMPETENT HE PROVES HIMSELF TO BE TIME AND TIME AGAIN.
PEOPLE
WILL STILL GO BACK TO, HE IS WEALTHY, HE IS A SUCCESSFUL
BUSINESSMAN.
BUT HE WENT BANKRUPT SEVERAL TIMES.
THAT HE
IS RICH THOUGH.
PEOPLE FOR SOME REASON RESPECT OTHERS WHO HAVE
MONEY EVEN IF THEY INHERITED IT, EVEN IF THEY DIDN'T EARN IT BY
REAL QUICK I WANTED TO REMIND EVERYONE ABOUT A PREVIOUS STORY
ABOUT MARTIN SHKRELI.
DURING THE JURY SELECTION PROCESS A DEFENSE ATTORNEY
HAD A VERY DIFFICULT TIME BECAUSE PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T
KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT HIM WOULD SAY THINGS LIKE, I DON'T
KNOW WHO THIS GUY IS BUT I DO NOT LIKE HIM DIET.
THEY COULD NOT FIND A JURY.
BUT INVESTORS WILL WORK WITH THEM.
HE HAS ONE OF THOSE UNLIKABLE FACES.
HE DOES, AND THAT IS WHY THE DEFENSE ATTORNEY SAID WHAT
WAS A MEME ONLINE, EVERYONE WANTS TO PUNCH HIM IN THE FACE,
I'M HIS DEFENSE ATTORNEY AND I WANT TO PUNCH HIM IN THE FACE.
AND NOW THEY WELL.
SOME PEOPLE MAY GET THEIR WISH.
TO THE EARLIER POINT, NOT ONLY DID THEY GET UP AND SEVEN
YEARS, THEY IMMEDIATELY MOVED TO SEIZE HIS ASSETS AND THAT IS
THE THING HE PROBABLY CARES LESS ABOUT THAT $7 MILLION IN ASSETS
INCLUDING THE WU-TANG ALBUM THAT HE PAID $2 MILLION FOR.
THAT IS PRIVILEGED.
THAT IS TRUE.
YOU COULD WRAP ALL OF THIS UP WITH IT TURNS OUT RICH
PEOPLE AIN'T NOTHING TO MESS WITH.