But it wasn't only his own mom who was left screwed in Robinson's wake. In April , Robinson and business partner Jorge Rodriguez cooked up a scheme to borrow more money for their Megaladon Development, Inc. She thought she was signing documents to make an "investment" in their company.
Robinson blew the mother-in-law's cash in 45 days. Salup, meanwhile, was named as a defendant in a resulting lawsuit filed by the bank, despite never being charged with a crime. Riptide couldn't get in touch with her for comment. Jorge Rodriguez was not charged with a crime for his involvement in the scheme, although we don't envy his standing with his wife right now. And now, let's remember better days with this Saturday Night Live spoof commercial featuring Chris Farley as Robinson in his most famous moment: Hitting those two clutch free throws to clinch a NCAA championship for Michigan.
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Robinson is not sure he agrees. He points to the team of Roy Tarpley and Butch Wade as a contender and notes that "the team was big, with great skill players was better than the '89 championship team" even if it was knocked out in the Sweet Stuck in prison, Robinson isn't helping tell it very well. At this point, though, it isn't a priority. His release date isn't until September , although he could get out as soon as the summer of He keeps arguing his side of the story and working through the long, repetitive days.
At least the tournament is on. He's a five-hour drive from the Kansas game, a five-hour drive from the Sweet 16, a bitter five-hour drive he once would've taken in a heartbeat — he once owned a Maserati Quattroporte after all. Now he can't even attempt it. Robinson instead will be stuck watching on a prison television, lifted, but only so much, by the understanding that no matter the depths of his current predicament, what he did as a player nearly a quarter century ago is still appreciated by Michigan's current star point guard.
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Attorney Nicholas Klinefeldt, who attended the minute sentencing, praised the sentence. Prosecutors alleged Robinson split portions of the money with Brian Williams, the bank officer, and spent the rest. Williams, who was the senior bank officer at Community State from , pleaded guilty to one of the 11 counts in a plea agreement reached in August.
He is to be sentenced Jan.
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