The Mystery of the Heavy Luggage

A Japanese entertainment company allegedly hauled “heavy luggage” full of mysterious persuasion tools all the way to Manila, hoping to sway Mr. Tamba to help them wrestle back control of the $2.6 billion Okada Manila casino resort. Emails suggest Universal executives tried to sweet-talk (or maybe sweet-bribe?) their way into getting the Philippine Supreme Court on their side, prompting a Delaware court case that reads more like a soap opera than a legal battle.

Meanwhile, SPAC, the special-purpose cash vacuum, uh, acquisition company, is crying foul, claiming Universal has been playing dirty games to kill their merger deal. Universal’s response? Radio silence. Tamba? Not a peep. Delaware’s Chancery Court now gets to referee this high-stakes circus, proving once again that corporate drama knows no borders—or limits to creative “problem-solving.”