Luigi Mangione’s back pain was so intense that he couldn’t be ‘physically intimate’ with anyone, former landlord says

Unitedhealthcare CEO murder suspect Luigi Mangione was suffering terrible back pain to the point where it was not possible for him to date or be “physically intimate” with anyone, his former landlord said.

RJ Martin, who owns the “co-living” space in Hawaii that Mangione lived at for six months, said the murder suspect revealed to him that he was in constant pain over a pinched nerve and “misaligned spine,” The New York Times reported.

“He knew that dating and being physically intimate with his back condition wasn’t possible,” Martin told the outlet. “I remember him telling me that, and my heart just breaks.”

A former high school classmate told The New York Times that Mangione had lost touch with his family after undergoing back surgery.

RJ Martin, a friend and former roommate in Hawaii, told CNN that Mangione had complained about his back issues.

“Before he moved in, I remember he said he had a back issue, and he was hoping to get stronger in Hawaii,” Martin said. The roommate added that Mangione’s back pain was “traumatic and difficult” that a surfing lesson left him bedridden for a week.

Mangione had five books involving chronic back pain on his reading list on his Goodreads account.