YouTube reveals truth about claims Luigi Mangione posted video saying new details will come 'TODAY'

YouTube has revealed the truth about a cryptic video supposedly posted by Luigi Mangione shortly after his arrest on Monday.

Mangione, 26, charged with the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, was apprehended at a McDonald's in Altoona, Pennsylvania amid a six-day manhunt.

The one minute, 24 second clip titled 'The Truth' was shared to an account with Mangione's picture as the profile and featured a countdown with text that reads: 'If you see this, I'm already arrested.'

Once the clock hits zero, the screen goes black and the word 'Soon...' appears in the bottom right corner and 'Dec 11' flashes on the screen, which is followed by 'All is scheduled, be patient. Bye for now.'

The video has sparked hysteria online, with people thinking Mangione scheduled the video or he had an accomplice.

Sarah Colvin-Rowley with YouTube told DailyMail.com: 'We terminated the channel in question for violating our policies covering impersonation, which prohibit content intended to impersonate another person on YouTube.'

'The channel’s metadata was updated following widespread reporting of Luigi Mangione’s arrest, including updates made to the channel name and handle.'

She continued to explain that YouTube terminated three other channels owned by Mangione per guidelines that state 'creators are expected to act appropriately and not harm the YouTube community, users, employees or ecosystem.'

The account, @PepMangione,' was allegedly created in January 2024, and was dormant for nearly one year.

The handle also matched other social media accounts belonged to Mangione, leading the public to believe that something sinister was at play.

The video was reposted to TikTok where one user said: 'This dude is a Master of Science in Engineering. Something big is coming.'

'I think he thought this through, so he's most likely already got people to help him by recreating accounts for him possibly to guarantee his message to get to the public,' another TikToker shared.

Mangione, 26, appeared in court on Tuesday, fighting against extradition to New York - where he is charged with second-degree murder after Thompson was slain.

The former Ivy League student was found with a 3D-printed pistol and black silencer, as well as a manifesto condemning the American healthcare system when he was apprehended.

In the manifesto, Mangione allegedly wrote about the grandiose size of UnitedHealthcare and how much profits it makes and went on to condemn health insurance companies more broadly for placing profits over care.

Details about his writing come amid the backdrop of the UPenn graduate's own experience with the medical world, as he had been struggling after a spinal injury. His elaborate online presence also showed he'd read multiple books on back pain.

'To save you a lengthy investigation, I state plainly that I wasn't working with anyone. This was fairly trivial: some elementary social engineering, basic CAD, [and] a lot of patience,' he allegedly wrote in the manifesto, according to the Daily Beast. 

He continued to say he had 'respect' for federal investigators, and apologized for causing any 'traumas,' but seemed to defend his alleged actions.

'Frankly these parasites had it coming,' the manifesto wrote. 

It claimed that the US had the 'most expensive healthcare system in the world,' but blasted the system for making America only the 42nd in life expectancy.

One theory is that the former valedictorian killed Thompson as an 'act of war' after the company 'violated' its contract with his mother who suffered years of excruciating pain and expense following a diagnosis of severe neuropathy.

Mangione had written in another document, obtained by true crime podcast Hidden True Crime, that his mother, 'hit her $6,000 deductible of her UnitedHealthcare plan in October. 

Then the doctor went on vacation and my mother couldn't resume tests until January when her deductible reset.'

'Back then I thought there was nothing I could do,' Mangione allegedly wrote. 'The high co-pays make consistent treatment impossible, new treatments were denied as not necessary medically, the old treatments didn't work and still put us out for thousands of dollars.'

'With every delay, my anger surged. With every denial, I wanted to throw the doctor through the glass wall of their hospital waiting room, but it wasn't them.

'It wasn't the doctors, the receptionists, administrators, pharmacists, imaging technicians or anyone we ever met. What it was it was UnitedHealthcare.'

In Mangione's alleged summary, UnitedHealthcare, 'think because [their conduct] is legal no-one can punish them.'

Mangione is expected to plead not guilty to both his New York murder charge and gun possession charges in Pennsylvania.