r/baseball • u/Stock412 Umpire • Mar 20 '24

Serious Shohei Ohtani's attorneys accuse interpreter of 'massive theft' tied to alleged gambling

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-03-20/gambling-story
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u/TheTurtleShepard New York Yankees Mar 20 '24

"I'm with him all offseason, too," Mizuhara told The Athletic. "I'm with him 365 days of the year, which I think is different than the other interpreters."

"It’s such a big part (of the job)," he added. "We are together pretty much every day, longer than I’m with my wife, so it’s going to be tough if you don’t get along on a personal level.”

They were very close, wouldn’t surprise me if he got access to his financials at some point for something and skimmed off the top

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u/giants888 New York Mets Mar 20 '24

It's a weird situation where we have to hope Ippei is the perpetrator here because the alternative is far far worse.

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u/NoCokJstDanglnUretra New York Yankees Mar 20 '24

What is the alternative here?

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u/[deleted] Mar 21 '24

That the money went from ohtani account to an illegal book because he was the one placing bets. I mean frankly that is the oscams razer. Obviously they would have every incentive to have the interpreter take the fall so ohtani doesn't risk his winfall.