Japanese Baseball Star Shohei Ohtani Robbed of Millions by Longtime Friend and Interpreter

Fabien Le Floc’h, Media365: published on Thursday March 21, 2024 at 10:28 p.m.

Japanese Shohei Ohtani, baseball superstar and Los Angeles Dodgers franchise, was robbed of several million dollars by his longtime friend and performer.

Its name may not mean much to you. But baseball player Shohei Ohtani has been one of the great stars of American sport for several years and even more so since he signed a contract worth 700 million dollars (around 640 million euros) last winter. with the Dodgers franchise, based in Los Angeles. A record contract for the Japanese, capable of playing both batsman and pitcher, like the legendary Babe Ruth. But Shohei Ohtani had an unpleasant mishap in his first days with the Dodgers, who have just started their season during outsourced meetings in Seoulin South Korea, against the San Diego Padres.

At least $4.5 million

The Los Angeles Dodgers have indeed announced the dismissal of his friend and interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara. In the American baseball league, it is not uncommon to see Japanese or Korean players (baseball is very popular in these two countries, editor’s note) being accompanied by an interpreter following their every move. Except that Ippei Mizuhara took advantage of his proximity to Shohei Ohtani to extract a few million dollars from him. Addicted to sports bettingMizuhara would have embezzled at least 4.5 million dollars from his compatriot’s accounts, according to various American media.

However, like most professional sports leagues, Major League Baseball (MLB) prohibits players and employees of its teams from betting on baseball, whether legally or illegally. Sports betting is also prohibited in California, although it is permitted in different forms in 38 other American states. If Ippei Mizuhara claims to have never bet on baseball, he did not deny betting on other sports. The American sports media ESPN specifies that according to several sources, including Mizuhara himself, Ohtani wasn’t gambling and that the embezzled funds only covered the interpreter’s losses.

2024-03-21 21:33:28
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