“Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli, sometimes called “The Most Hated Man in America” for raising the price of life-saving AIDS drug Daraprim by over 5,000%, is auctioning off an opportunity for someone to punch or slap him in the face.
According to the San Francisco Chronicle, and Shkreli’s personal Twitter account, the two highest offers to knock him square in his mug so far are for $78,000 and $25,000.
https://twitter.com/MartinShkreli/status/780521551724544001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Shrkeli is offering himself for serious injury to the highest bidder in order to raise money for Mike Kulich‘s 5-year-old son Tyler, who recently overcame leukemia. Kulich, 29, was a personal friend of Shrekli’s and an an “adult industry veteran” who passed away in his sleep last week.
Shkreli made the announcement over his Twitter account on Monday:
https://twitter.com/MartinShkreli/status/780478260434042880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
The multi-millionaire also drew national attention again when he bought the only copy of the Wu-Tang Clan album Once Upon a Time in Shaolin for $2 million dollars in 2015.
Shkreli has also noted that the winning bidder can also select someone else to deliver the blow:
can a donor select an individual to deliver the blow?
— Diego (@CapitalBias) September 26, 2016
Someone suggested wrestler and rapper John Cena carry out the act:
Get John Cena to do it.
— Jero@MFF (@Jeroscope) September 28, 2016
The Chronicle jested, “so if anyone has Floyd Mayweather or Ronda Rousey on speed dial, this would be the time to call in a favor.”
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