NEW YORK -- A defense attorney said he's disappointed in a judge's decision to revoke bail for former pharmaceuticals company CEO Martin Shkreli and jail him in New York while he awaits sentencing in a securities fraud case.
Attorney Ben Brafman said outside court Wednesday he believes the judge "arrived at the wrong decision," but said Shkreli will have to live with it.
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The judge sided with a government demand to jail Shkreli following his provocative online antics. Shkreli's defense argued his offer to pay $5,000 for a strand of Hillary Clinton's hair was "political satire or strained humor." The government called it a threat.
Shkreli is best known for hiking up the price of a life-saving drug and for trolling his critics online.
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