Lat­est tes­ti­mo­ny in Shkre­li tri­al cen­ters on a Retrophin stock deal gone sour

Fake con­sult­ing con­tracts for an­gry in­vestors. Threat­en­ing notes to the fam­i­lies of ex-staffers. Boasts about big mon­ey while the bills went un­paid. All that and more has dom­i­nat­ed the pros­e­cu­tion’s case against Mar­tin Shkre­li over the last few days.

Tim Pierot­ti took the stand as a key wit­ness for the pros­e­cu­tion, telling the ju­ry that Shkre­li blessed his big play on Rick’s Cabaret, a chain of strip clubs, af­ter he took charge of a Shkre­li hedge fund, ac­cord­ing to the re­port from The New York Times. But that had to be sold in 2012 af­ter Shkre­li said he need­ed the mon­ey. And short­ly af­ter Pierot­ti came to work to find peo­ple pack­ing up the of­fice com­put­ers.

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