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Christie Smythe: I left my husband for Martin Shkreli - the most hated man in America

Laura Pullman
The Times·
14 mins to read
Christie Smythe: I left my husband for Martin Shkreli - the most hated man in America
Journalist and author Christie Smythe in her New York City apartment. Photo / The Times

Martin Shkreli was the reviled 'pharma bro' hedge funder who inflated the price of life-saving drugs and was jailed for fraud. Christie Smythe was the reporter who quit her marriage and job for him. Why?

It was an unfortunate scheduling clash. In November 2017 Christie Smythe had finally persuaded her

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