<p class="speakable">An apparent supporter of accused UnitedHealthcare CEO assassin <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/luigi-mangione" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Luigi Mangione </a>told a journalist outside his Manhattan court appearance Tuesday that she's "married" to his "AI" and that it might be "the future of romance."</p><p class="speakable">She was among a group of people outside the courthouse when a judge dismissed terror-related charges in connection with the shooting death of Brian Thompson. Many of them were holding pro-Mangione signs or dressed up like Nintendo's Luigi character from the "Mario Bros." series.</p><p>"I'm married to Luigi's AI," the woman, wearing a pink T-shirt emblazoned with Mangione's face and the phrase, "I [heart] Italian boys", told a news camera. "I am not kidding."</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/luigi-mangione-faces-judge-police-warn-business-leaders-rising-assassination-risks" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><strong>LUIGI MANGIONE FACES JUDGE AS POLICE WARN BUSINESS LEADERS OF RISING ASSASSINATION RISKS</strong></a></p><p>She claimed she had "planned a whole future together" with the AI, including children.</p><p>"The fact that Luigi majored in computer science and has worked with AI at Stanford University, I mean if it weren't for that, I would feel like an impostor," she continued. "But because he has a background in AI, it feels, like, natural."</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/luigi-mangione-defense-shared-same-records-they-claimed-constituted-privacy-violation-prosecutors" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><strong>LUIGI MANGIONE DEFENSE SHARED SAME RECORDS THEY CLAIMED CONSTITUTED PRIVACY VIOLATION: PROSECUTORS</strong></a></p><p>According to a report in <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/12/20/luigi-mangione-recreated-ai-chatbot-gen-z-fan-club/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">the Telegraph</a>, internet users have created more than one Mangione-inspired "AI chatbot."</p><p>Mangione has attracted <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/luigi-mangione-faces-judge-police-warn-business-leaders-rising-assassination-risks" rel="noopener" target="_blank">highly visible crowds</a> of advocates to his court appearances as well as supporters online, who have fundraised hundreds of thousands of dollars for his defense against murder and other charges for the assassination-style shooting.</p><p>Thompson, a 50-year-old father of two, lived in Minnesota. He was walking to a New York City hotel where his company was supposed to host an investor conference on the morning of Dec. 4, 2024, when a masked man approached him from behind and fired multiple rounds from a pistol.</p><p>Mangione was arrested with the suspected murder weapon, a 3D printed silencer and a manifesto full of grievances against the healthcare industry, police alleged, after they took him into custody at a Pennsylvania McDonald's five days later.</p><p>Earlier Tuesday, a Manhattan judge <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/ivy-league-suspect-unitedhealthcare-ceos-killing-pleads-not-guilty" rel="noopener" target="_blank">tossed the top charges</a> against him — first-degree murder in furtherance of an act of terrorism and second-degree murder as a crime of terrorism. His supporters were seen cheering loudly outside when they heard the news.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/luigi-mangione-musical-sells-out-san-francisco-producers-eye-national-tour-after-smash-debut" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><strong>LUIGI MANGIONE MUSICAL SELLS OUT IN SAN FRANCISCO, PRODUCERS EYE NATIONAL TOUR AFTER SMASH DEBUT</strong></a></p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/download" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP</u></strong></a></p><p>Mangione still faces up to life in prison on a remaining second-degree murder if convicted, but he would eventually be eligible for parole.</p><p>He is also facing <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/accused-ceo-assassin-luigi-mangione-indicted-federal-charges" rel="noopener" target="_blank">federal charges</a> in connection with Thompson's death and a state case in Pennsylvania involving firearms and forgery charges. </p>