Florida Woman Arrested for Allegedly Saying ‘Delay, Deny, Depose’ to Her Insurance Company

A pistillate successful Lakeland, Florida has been charged with making “threats” to her security institution erstwhile she said the words “Delay, Deny, Depose” and “you radical are next” implicit the phone, according to a caller study from section TV quality presumption WLFA and the Lakeland Police Department.

Briana Boston, 42, had precocious been denied aesculapian security claims from BlueCross BlueShield, according to an affidavit provided to Gizmodo by Lakeland Police, though the details of her lawsuit were not laid retired successful the document. The section constabulary were contacted by the FBI astir Boston’s telephone and the affidavit, signed by Brian Purdy, states that helium “believes determination is capable probable origin to complaint Boston with Threats to behaviour a wide shooting oregon an enactment of terrorism.”

From the affidavit:

Your affiant asked Boston if she utilized the operation “Delay, Deny, Depose. You radical are next.” during her telephone earlier contiguous with BlueCross BlueShield to which she acknowledged she said it and apologized. Boston stated she utilized those words due to the fact that it’s what is successful the quality close now. Boston advised she learned of the operation due to the fact that of the existent events regarding the UnitedHeathcare homicide. Boston stated she did not ain immoderate firearms, and she was not a information to anyone. Boston further stated the healthcare companies played games and deserved karma from the satellite due to the fact that they are evil.

The words Boston allegedly utilized successful her telephone telephone with Bluecross Blueshied, “delay, deny, depose,” are akin to the 2010 publication Delay Deny Defend by Jay M. Feinman, which describes however the security manufacture tries to debar paying for aesculapian treatments. The words are besides akin to those recovered connected slug casings adjacent the assemblage of Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, who was changeable and killed successful New York past week. However, quality reports bespeak the words determination were somewhat different, including “deny, defend, and depose.”

The UnitedHealth homicide probe has sparked a nationalist treatment astir the cruelty of America’s healthcare strategy and the ways that security companies enactment to contradict sum to summation their profits. It’s besides inspired a batch of online jokes and celebrations from radical who judge whoever killed the CEO whitethorn person been justified successful the slaying.

Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old who’s been arrested successful Altoona, Pennsylvania, and is warring extradition to New York wherever he’s been charged with sidesplitting the UnitedHealthcare CEO. Mangione was picked up by constabulary astatine a McDonald’s and allegedly had a 3D-printed weapon arsenic good arsenic what constabulary person characterized arsenic a “manifesto.” The note, which was leaked online, reportedly said the security companies “continue to maltreatment our state for immense profit” and referred to the “corruption and greed” of that industry.

Boston, who’s a joined parent of three, had her enslaved acceptable by an unnamed justice astatine $100,000, according to WFLA, and has ne'er been charged oregon convicted of thing successful her life.

“I bash find that the enslaved of $100,000 is due considering the presumption of our state astatine this point,” the justice reportedly said.