'He was born this way': Shkreli's attorney offers defense as securities fraud trial opens

NEW YORK - Martin Shkreli is odd, his attorney told a federal court on Wednesday. The former hedge-fund manager's investors and colleagues made fun of him behind his back and wondered whether he was autistic. Some questioned his sexuality, the jury was told.

"Is he strange? Yes. Will you find him weird? Yes," said Shkreli attorney Benjamin Brafman. "But…