We give Martin Shkreli a lot of flak for his practices as an alleged greedy pharmaceutical honcho — but what are we to say if this guy is the only one willing to bail Bobby Shmurda out of jail?
Shkreli — according to reports — is prepared to foot the $4 million legal bill for the Brooklyn rapper.
“We’re actually in discussion to try to bail out Bobby Shmurda. Forget whether you think he’s guilty or not, the guy should not be sitting in jail right now. It’s insane,” Shkreli told DX. “He’s from Brooklyn. I’m from Brooklyn. He deserves a fair trial. He deserves good lawyers. He doesn’t have good lawyers. His label is hanging him out to dry and so I have a conference call tomorrow morning with them (December 15). I’ll show up with $2 million bail money no f**king problem. He’s not going to flee the country. I’m not going to lose anything. I’m going to try to make that happen. That’s one thing I’m working on.”
The deal come with a catch — of course!
He continued, “I’m a fan and I’m a business man. I’m not going to do this for free. [Laughs] He’s going to have to do something for me. I don’t know what that’s going to look like yet. He’s going to owe me one, obviously. I’d like to pay for his legal defense as well. I’m a big fan but also I’m an opportunist. You know that. I see an opportunity here.”
Shkreli said he is working on the details with Epic Records to get the rapper out.