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Suspected assassin Luigi Mangione joked about paying for prostitutes with valuable "Pokémon" trading cards during a self-described "Zen" trip to Japan months before he was accused of gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City, according to a new report.

While in Osaka, Japan, Mangione joked to a friend about trying to pay a mob boss with "pornstar Pokémon" cards instead of yen, the country's currency, according to a chronicle of his trip across Asia in The New York Times .

It wasn't the only time he brought up the popular "Pokémon" franchise on the trip, according to the report. He discussed it and other video games with an expatriate American who went to Thailand to play professional soccer.

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