Woman Charged For Telling A Health Insurance Rep ‘Dely, Deny, Depose’ & ‘You’re Next’ In Luigi-Mangione Inspired Rant

Per WFLA, a Lakeland, Florida woman was charged Tuesday after police said she ended a call to an insurance company with the words, “Delay, Deny, Depose.”

The Lakeland Police Department said the FBI contacted officers on Tuesday, December 10, regarding an alleged threat made over the phone.

Briana Boston, 42, had reportedly called BlueCross BlueShield regarding recent medical insurance claims she was denied. According to the affidavit, the entire phone call was recorded.

Near the end of the call, investigators said Boston could be heard stating, “Delay, Deny, Depose. You people are next.” The first three words are similar to those written on the ammunition that a gunman used in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City last week.

The affidavit noted the similarities between the incidents, stating that those words have become nationally recognized as a phrase “directed against insurance companies.”

“She’s been in this world long enough that she certainly should know better that you can’t make threats like that in the current environment that we live in and think that we’re not going to follow up and put you in jail,” said Lakeland Police Chief Sam Taylor.

Boston admitted to using those words during the call, telling detectives that “healthcare companies played games and deserved karma from the world because they are evil.”

Boston reportedly also told detectives she used the phrase “because it’s what is in the news right now” and that she had learned of the words due to the slaying of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

Boston was charged with threats to conduct a mass shooting or an act of terrorism, according to the affidavit.