Martin Shkreli denied 'delusional' request for prison release to develop coronavirus treatment

Martin Shkreli, better known as “Pharma Bro,” won’t be let out of prison to help develop a treatment for the coronavirus.

U.S. District Judge Kiyo Matsumoto rejected the convicted pharmaceutical executive’s request to be released from prison on Saturday, noting that probation officials viewed it as the type of “delusional self-aggrandizing behavior” that led to his conviction. The judge said Shkreli failed to demonstrate extraordinary and compelling factors that would require a release under home confinement rules.