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Luigi Mangione's Shackled Ankles Are Going Viral: "Luigi’s Crossed Bare Ankles In Cuffs Is Pornographic"

Luigi Mangione had a pretrial hearing in New York City on Friday.

Luigi Mangione in a courtroom setting wearing a sweater and a bullet-proof vest, looking towards the camera
Luigi Mangione in a courtroom setting wearing a sweater and a bullet-proof vest, looking towards the camera

He wore some loafers without socks and some thirsty Getty photographer took a pic of them.

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Pool / Getty Images

And now that picture of his shackled feet is going viral:

Luigi Mangione sitting with loafers, Both feet chained. Nearby is a bag and a cluster of cables
Luigi Mangione sitting with loafers, Both feet chained. Nearby is a bag and a cluster of cables

It's ALL over social media.

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Getty Images / Via favspopculture/x.com

On X, you have people saying, "Before anyone comes at him for not wearing socks, please understand that rawdogging loafers is a traditional component of Italian formal wear."

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Getty Images/gldivittorio/x.com

"These would go hard as fuck as a gucci ad," another person said.

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Getty Images/technofolklore/x.com

And this person joked, "i feel like a victorian man seeing a womans ankle for the first time."

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Getty Images/ imyrmonalisa/x.com

On TikTok, you have people saying the same thing.

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Steven Hirsch / POOL/AFP via Getty Images

"The photographer documenting the loafers was going for extra credit," one person said.

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@jessiebravo47/tiktok.com

"Your honor, he has already ✨SERVED✨" another person chimed in.

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@jessiebravo47/tiktok.com

And this person said, "Yoooo the ankle cuffs with loafers is gonna be the summer look."

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@jessiebravo47/tiktok.com

It looks like we're in a new era of Mangione thirst.

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Bloomberg / Bloomberg via Getty Images

From "I'll just be over here thinking about Luigi Mangione's shackled ankles"...

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wevsandthat/x.com

...to "Luigi's crossed bare ankles in cuffs is pornographic."

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kid__rae/x.com

It appears a pair of bare ankles has the internet in a chokehold.

Tweet reads: "the cuffs around luigi mangione’s ankles has awoken something new within me"
Tweet reads: "the cuffs around luigi mangione’s ankles has awoken something new within me"