New Delhi, March 6 -- The legal defense fundraising page of Luigi Mangione, who allegedly killed UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson, received a flood of donations Tuesday amid rumours that the accused had a fetish for making sex tapes.

Twenty six-year-old Mangione is fighting both federal and state charges in connection with the allegations that he gunned down healthcare honcho Brian Thompson on December 4 outside of a Midtown Manhattan hotel. Mangione has pleaded not guilty to charges of murder as an act of terrorism and weapons offenses.

The GiveSendGo fund - which set a goal to collect $1 million in donations for Mangione - was up to $647,585 Wednesday afternoon. Around 10 AM (IST) on Thursday, funds worth $650,800 were raised.

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