Journalist Christie Smythe Defends Love Affair With ‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli
Former crime reporter for Bloomberg News, Christie Symthe, went public with her relationship with Martin Shkreli, also known as “Pharma Bro” after the biotech entrepreneur infamously raised a life-saving drug’s price up 5,000 percent. In a profile in Elle magazine, published Sunday, Smythe revealed that it all began when at Shkreli’s 2017 court hearing, where he was found guilty of misleading investors over a pair of hedge funds he operated. Smythe sat in on the trial, reporting for Bloomberg. “I fell down the rabbit hole,”she said. “I’m happy here. I feel like a have a purpose.” After Smythe ...