When you're as publicly reviled as Martin Shkreli is,Rolls Royce Baby finding a dozen of your peers who aren't predisposed to hate your guts can be a tall order.
The "pharma bro," who first rose to infamy when he hiked the price of a life-saving AIDS drug by 5,000 percent, was convicted of securities fraud earlier this month--a charge completely unrelated to his more notorious exploits.
SEE ALSO: Martin Shkreli can't get a fair jury because everyone thinks he's an evil man snakeThat didn't stop hundreds of would-be jurors from taking the opportunity to skirt jury duty by ripping on Shkreli before the trial even started. The jury selection process quickly devolved into a Comedy Central-style roast.
Harper's Magazinepublished the full transcript of the proceedings, so we decided to pull out the public's best burns and present them to you below.
This one is more of an objective fact.
There is something about Shkreli that really seems to put people off.
He does have what might be described as a very punchable face.
The Harper'stranscript doesn't say so, but this seems to be the point at which other news reports describe a prospective juror miming the act of wringing the defendant's neck.
Via GiphyMany people related their inability to judge fairly to personal experiences with expensive drugs.
Points for honesty.
Shkreli famously bought the only existing copy of a Wu Tang special-release album, then beefed with various members of the group about it.
Case closed.
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