In 2022, Robinson told a news conference they had the assets to pay for the multi-billion-dollar arena-resort and bid for an NBA franchise thanks to a former Navy SEAL and California Highway Patrol officer.

Mizuhara writes that he "felt terribly guilty about putting my hands on [Ohtani's] money but this was the only solution I could thing of at the time."

In a letter to the judge as part of his sentencing submission, Ippei Mizuhara says he lived "paycheck to paycheck," had to borrow money to make ends meet and started gambling because he was "desperate for money."

From today's filing: "Indeed, defendant’s conduct has harmed Mr. Ohtani’s greatest asset – his reputation and goodwill."

The front page of the Los Angeles Times on Dec. 7, 1941, 83 years ago.