The former Bloomberg News reporter who gave up her job and marriage to imprisoned pharma CEO Martin Shkreli has no regrets coming forward about their relationship. Since it became public in one She magazine article on Sunday, Christie Smythe gave two more interviews, one with She and another with The New York Times. “I’m so offended that people would think I would be afraid to stand up for what I said,” said Smythe. She, when asked why she used Twitter to defend herself since the article was published. “Why would I do that? Why would I sneak away? That doesn’t sound like me.” From Shkreli – who, when asked to comment on Sunday She article, sent a statement saying that he “wishes Mrs. Smythe the best of luck in her future endeavors” – Smythe told the Times that the pharmaceutical brother “has a lot of PTSD around media coverage” and is “kind of attached to his villain image as some kind of safe space.”
Shkreli has harassed numerous female journalists on Twitter, including suspending his Twitter account in January 2017 for harassing freelance writer Lauren Duca. He is scheduled to be released from prison in 2023. “I love him,” Smythe told Times. “I’m here for him.”
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