Martin Shkreli has been sentenced to seven years for securities fraud.
"I want the people who came here today to support me to understand one thing, the only person to blame for me being here today is me," he said. "I took down Martin Shkreli."
And he cried.
He said that he hopes to make amends and learn from his mistakes and apologized to his investors.
"I am terribly sorry I lost your trust," he said. "You deserve far better."
Yeah, he says he feels bad about the well-heeled investors he fucked a bit through securities fraud. But what about the poor, sick people he fucked hard and continuously by jacking up the price of Daraprim to an unconscionable $750 a pill?
Unapologetic from the beginning, when he was roundly publicly criticized for defending the 5,000 percent price increase of Daraprim, a previously cheap drug used to treat HIV, Shkreli seemed to drift through his criminal case as if it was one big joke.
Yeah, he doesn’t give a single fuck about you or anyone else. He’s only sorry for himself.
In court filings, prosecutors argued that Shkreli's remorse about misleading his investors was not to be believed.
"At its core, this case is about Shkreli's deception of people who trusted him," they wrote.
If you’re evil enough to squeeze dry unfortunate sick people who rely on a life-saving drug, why would you feel a particle of remorse over rich schmucks who trusted you with their money.
No, Shkreli only cares about Shkreli, and he will have a long time to think hard about that now that he has to spend six and half more years behind bars. At least, there’s that.