A once-prominent Bloomberg News reporter quit her job and left her husband to pursue a relationship with jailed "Pharma Bro" Martin Shkreli, and the result is a bizarre tale that has set the internet ablaze. Elle magazine published a bombshell feature Sunday headlined, "The Journalist and the Pharma Bro: Why did Christie Smythe upend her life and stability for Martin Shkreli, one of the least-liked men in the world?" The story paints a vivid picture of Smythe, who broke the news of Shkreli’s arrest as a reporter for Bloomberg News, and her love affair with Shkreli. But covering Shkreli changed everything for Smythe and the two formed a unique relationshipSmythe’s husband warned that Shkreli was using her, but the Bloomberg reporter didn’t see it that way. Without a job or husband, Smythe found herself kissing Shkreli in a room that "smelled of chicken wings" during a visit to jail.

Source: Fox News December 21, 2020 16:18 UTC