Prosecutors that are seeking three months worth of jail time for Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas are portraying him as an intimidator that pressured teammate Javaris Crittenton into a cover-up.
Arenas' lawyer says his client is "a peaceful man" that played a misguided joke and has already been severely punished for bringing guns into the Washington's locker room.
The former All-Star guard will be sentenced on Friday.
Arenas pleaded guilty Jan. 15 to one felony count of violating the District of Columbia's strict gun laws.
Prosecutors wrote that the locker room incident "was not a spur-of-the-moment joke" but rather a calculated attempt to defend his supremacy among his teammates.
"In the confined quarters of an airplane, a younger, junior player disrespected the defendant in front of the entire team," Assistant U.S. Attorney Christopher Kavanaugh wrote.
"On a team where the defendant is the highest-paid player, was the face of the franchise and is known for particularly outrageous conduct, the defendant believed he had no choice but to respond."