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Hasn't he now denied that and stated that the interpreter stole the $$$?The official line isShohei Ohtani’s interpreter fired amid illegal betting, ‘massive theft’ allegations - National | Globalnews.ca
The allegations emerged after reporters looked into Shohei Ohtani's finances and allegedly found wire transfers worth millions to a bookmaker under federal investigation.
He paid off his interpreters gambling debt...hmmmm
Let's see how this plays out!
You are correct. The latest claim is that Ohtani did not knowingly give him the money to help him out.
They weren't. The feds were investigating the bookies and discovered what was happening.
My guess is it was some kind of slush fund and the interpreter did this over months or years. It wasn't like guy made a 4.5 million bet in day.
The money was being wired from one of Ohtani's accounts. The bookie knows where the money was coming from so he probably didn't give a fuck that it was interpreter making the bets.
The Ohtani machine and brand is worth billions to MLB and corporate endorsement with a lot of people necessarily have to keep it going. The icon and idol endorsements in Japan are worth hundreds of millions as well. The Dodgers are in for a major headache as the FBI probe continues. The interpreter was merely sacrificed and paid off as the fall guy and will probably disappear back to Japan. A dark cloud hangs over Ohtani now.
Maybe this was a way to get a hook into Ohtani..let the interpreter keep getting deeper and deeper and then spring the ol' you can wipe the slate clean if you can fudge a game or 2 or 10??
My understanding with Rose is that there was clear evidence he bet on his own team and baseball in general. I think he's even admitted to betting, which he knew he wasn't allowed to do.
Which is why he didn't win the best actor Oscar this year, according to conspiricy theorists.
