--- title: Martin Shkreli Auctions Chance to Punch Him in the Face description: Former Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO Martin Shkreli is now auctioning off the opportunity to punch him in the face for charity. canonical: https://time.com/4510707/martin-shkreli-auction-face-punch/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-27T22:01:16.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:37:05.958Z og:title: 'Pharma Bro' Martin Shkreli Is Auctioning Off a Chance to Punch Him in the Face og:description: He says bidding is up to $78,000 og:url: https://time.com/4510707/martin-shkreli-auction-face-punch/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcb4f1f1b14d342b0/6988a7d40b72e3493b6eb265/martin-shkreli.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Pharmaceutical CEO Martin Shkreli Returns To Court On New Conspiracy Charge og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 'Pharma Bro' Martin Shkreli Is Auctioning Off a Chance to Punch Him in the Face twitter:description: He says bidding is up to $78,000 twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcb4f1f1b14d342b0/6988a7d40b72e3493b6eb265/martin-shkreli.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Martin Shkreli Is Auctioning Off a Chance to Punch Him in the Face  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Sep 27, 2016 10:01 PM UTC  Ex-pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli exits the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, June 6, 2016, in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Ex-pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli exits the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, June 6, 2016, in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.Drew Angerer/Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Sep 27, 2016 10:01 PM UTC [Martin Shkreli](http://time.com/4153512/martin-shkreli-pharmaceuticals-arrested-turing-daraprim/) — the former Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO who gained notoriety for [raising the price](http://time.com/4206389/martin-shkreli-daraprim-drug-price-hike/) of an AIDS drug more than 50-fold — is now auctioning off the opportunity to punch him in the face for charity. The man took to Twitter Monday to announce that he would grant the highest bidder one chance to punch or slap him in the face to benefit the family of his recently deceased PR consultant [Mike Kulich](http://www.westportnow.com/index.php?/v3/obitjump/mike%5Fkulich%5F29/), who died in his sleep Saturday morning. “I will auction one slap/punch in the face to benefit my friend Mike who passed away & leaves behind a young son who survived cancer,” he wrote. > [](https://twitter.com/MartinShkreli/status/780478260434042880) He tweeted again shortly afterwards to say that he had already received bids of both $78,000 and $25,500, and the listing is now closed while he appears to search for another platform. > [](https://twitter.com/MartinShkreli/status/780521551724544001) [Shkreli was arrested](http://time.com/4153113/ceo-arrested-for-securities-fraud/?xid=homepage) in December on allegations of securities fraud. At a hearing in July, a federal judge set his trial date for [June 26, 2017](http://www.cnbc.com/2016/07/14/accused-fraudster-martin-shkrelis-trial-set-for-june-26.html). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4510707/martin-shkreli-auction-face-punch/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4510707/martin-shkreli-auction-face-punch/"},"headline":"Martin Shkreli Is Auctioning Off a Chance to Punch Him in the Face","datePublished":"2016-09-27T22:01:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:37:05.958Z","description":"Bidding is supposedly up to $78,000","url":"https://time.com/4510707/martin-shkreli-auction-face-punch/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Culture"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcb4f1f1b14d342b0/6988a7d40b72e3493b6eb265/martin-shkreli.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcb4f1f1b14d342b0/6988a7d40b72e3493b6eb265/martin-shkreli.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Pharmaceutical CEO Martin Shkreli Returns To Court On New Conspiracy Charge","caption":"Ex-pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli exits the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, June 6, 2016, in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.","creditText":"Drew Angerer/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4510707/martin-shkreli-auction-face-punch/","name":"Martin Shkreli Is Auctioning Off a Chance to Punch Him in the Face"}}]}] ```