{"id":4899,"date":"2016-07-16T04:01:21","date_gmt":"2016-07-15T20:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/07\/16\/worlds-most-hated-man-martin-shkreli-just-wants-to-play-pokmon-go-like-the-rest-of-us\/"},"modified":"2016-07-16T04:01:21","modified_gmt":"2016-07-15T20:01:21","slug":"worlds-most-hated-man-martin-shkreli-just-wants-to-play-pokmon-go-like-the-rest-of-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/07\/16\/worlds-most-hated-man-martin-shkreli-just-wants-to-play-pokmon-go-like-the-rest-of-us\/","title":{"rendered":"&#039;World&#039;s most hated man,&#039; Martin Shkreli, just wants to play &#039;Pok&#233;mon Go&#039; like the rest of us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Https%3a%2f%2fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2fuploads%2fcard%2fimage%2f146378%2f6412261499cd47c695768789a3041692\" src=\"http:\/\/i.amz.mshcdn.com\/T0jNnyFlqSAKhpAvpS3pzbhGJL4=\/575x323\/https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fcard%2Fimage%2F146378%2F6412261499cd47c695768789a3041692.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=%27World%27s+most+hated+man%2C%27+Martin+Shkreli%2C+just+wants+to+play+%27Pok%C3%A9mon+Go%27+like+the+rest+of+us&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F07%2F15%2Fmartin-shkreli-pokemon-go%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/a.amz.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F07%2F15%2Fmartin-shkreli-pokemon-go%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/a.amz.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>On Thursday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2016\/jul\/14\/martin-shkreli-fraud-trial-pokemon-go\">Martin Shkreli <\/a>was told he would face charges for fraud \u2014 but the pharmaceutical executive appeared to have other, more pressing issues on his mind.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On the top of that list was <em>Pok\u00e9mon Go<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/07\/12\/pokemon-go-analysis\/\">Pokemon Go shouldn&#8217;t be as good as it is<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>After leaving court on Thursday, <em>a <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/new-york\/martin-shkreli-asks-lawyer-play-pokemon-hearing-article-1.2711939\"><em>New York Daily News<\/em><\/a> reporter overheard Shkreli allegedly telling his lawyer, &#8220;Can I play <em>Pok\u00e9mon Go<\/em> now?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Like a child who&#8217;s misbehaved and now seeks forgiveness from a pushover parent, Shkreli appeared to be seeking respite from his impending trial.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/i.amz.mshcdn.com\/Zb99z6Zo4iwD0vU6SafKGOIYJm0=\/fit-in\/575x4096\/https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fcard%2Fimage%2F146394%2Fshrkeli2.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Image:  Victor J Blue\/getty<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Shkreli, the &#8220;pharma bro&#8221; once dubbed &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2016\/jul\/14\/martin-shkreli-fraud-trial-pokemon-go\">the world&#8217;s most hated man<\/a>,&#8221; is best known for hiking the price of a drug used to treat people with HIV or cancer, Daraprim. 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