Baseball’s biggest star under scrutiny over interpreter scandal
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- Опубликовано: 27 мар 2024
- Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani is set to make his home debut amid a scandal involving his former interpreter.
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Ippei was not just an "interpreter" he was Ohtani's personal assistant, driver, caretaker, perhaps he had a huge influence in Ohtani's life in the US and perhaps became one of close friends role too.
This fast-talking podcast guy knows nothing about Shohei. Shohei would never do gambling. He hates gambling like any other ordinary Japanese.
I think this podcast guy holds a grudge against Shohei.
And you're as dumb as a box of rocks
Never eh? Do you swear on the lives of your family? People like you don't have a lick of common sense. You really want to declare, without any doubt, that "Shohei would never do gambling" when he gave his interpreter access to his bank account where he had millions of dollars and massive withdrawals were being pulled from it? He didn't once question where it was going and what it was being used for?
Is Shohei your friend? There's no Japanese person who likes gambling?
Ippei is a known liar. I believe that Ippei lied the whole story. Ohtani is innocent
Haha, sure... Ohtani is so innocent that he voluntarily gave someone access to his bank account, let that person withdraw tons of money for gambling, and never checked his bank account where he carries millions of dollars? Not sure if you're missing brain cells or you're Ohtani himself.
@@cw9282You sound like someone who’s been successful in life.
@@cw9282 , Ohtani didn’t give it. Ippei is a conman and stole the money. There are celebrities who lose millions from conman. Like Tim Duncan, Kareem Abdul jabbar, Selena, Billy Joel. Conman find any hole to steal money.
@@cw9282 that’s not too surprising especially when he was going through surgeries during the time these occurred
Trust is really important in Japanese culture, much more than in the US
Ohtani had no family members who understand English well
@@Snowy9mu Are rules/agreements also not important in Japanese culture? If Shohei voluntarily gave his interpreter free access to his bank account, he violated an agreement with his bank that he will not share access to the account with anyone else. Sounds like he is a rule breaker.
Why didn't ESPN interview Shohei Ohtani in the first place? Money was sent from his account. Why did ESPN interview Ippei Mizuhara instead of Ohtani? This was a big mistake, which allowed him to tell lies and create a huge mess.
They couldn't get through Mitzuhara. Miitzuhara isolated Ohtani. Ohtani didn't find out what happened until Mitzuhara addressed his whole Dodger team because of the scandal he'd created. Then Ohtani realized Mitzuhara was wrong. Ohtani didn't authorize a $4 mil payment for gambling debts of Mitzuhara, and he realized his interpreter was lying.
It was the interpreter who said he paid the bets. No one else "in Ohtani's camp" said he paid the bets.
Angels mentioned that Ohtani didn't gamble but Ippei was a degenerate.
sure but all of baseball is going to cover for ohtani right now. regardless of whether the angels lost hit outright to free agency if he does well for the sport it helps them in the long run as well.
Yea, because the Angels could care less what happens to Ippei whereas Ohtani is the face of the league.
Exactly. Ippei is not only a degenerate but a known liar too. (College: previous interpreting job)
If politicians can play in the stock market, athletes should be able to play in the gambling market 😂
Brad Mielke did not explain the timeline of events accurately.
Don’t go by the US standards.
Ohtani had absolutely no reason to pay off his interpreter's debt. He's smart enough to know that doing so could get himself into serious trouble.
The interpreter had access to the bank account either because he'd helped Ohtani open it in the first place or because he had the password and everything he needed to access it.
The Japanese trust one another far more than the Americans do. Besides, who'd imagine someone very close to you and with a high income would steal your money for illegal gambling?
Ohtani has been subjected to media harassment every day.
Once he is clearly found not guilty, you guys need to apologize.
Reports in Japan have already revealed how the money can be transferred.
2:07 "Oh honey" 😂 looks in the camera as she says. This has to be on purpose.
No I think she's just dumb
I want Ohtani to concentrate on baseball and do his best in his game although some blame him due to their envying his talent.
Ohtani is a generational talent, much like Japanese boxer Naoya “The Monster” Inoue.
Americans think Ohtani is guilty because they understand neither the Japanese language nor Japan's culture. Generally speaking, the Japanese are very honest and Ohtani is very honest. You can tell if you hear him speak in Japanese.
The Pearl Harbor attack was really engineered by the US. Read the book "Day of Deceit". It explains everything.
Our government does a really good job in deceiving Americans via propaganda / false info / against other countries. but most Americans believe what they hear or sees on media. They made W.W.2 thru propaganda that Japanese were slant eye's devils, but the fact was general civilians got nothing to do w/ the war & Vietnam war thru propaganda that civilians were hiding communist in their farm sheds killing thousands of innocent woman/children - not published on media. oh, don't get me started World Trade Center - they have intelligence like Pearl Harbor but someone screw up.
Generally speaking everybody believed Bill Cosby also.
Ohtani is just not the type of person who would get into gambling
The worst case scenario to this scandal would be Ohtani covered Ippei's debts. Let's give in 100 yards and hypothetically assume Shohei gambled, why would he wire money under his name to an illegal bookmaker??? He's not that dumb, capisci?
The facts will come out.
Yes, so much scrutiny that he is still playing 😂
That’s not abnormal for being private about marriage, especially someone from Japan
Yuzuru Hanyu got divorced because the media got crazy so better to be private
Wow...
I reading what people are saying but really the only two people who knows the real truth here are those two. Looks can be deceiving and the truth will be known when the investigation is done. Someone other than the interpreter knows about this. That is a lot of money from his account. I hope Ohtani did not know about this. I have not seen him play but what I have heard it's all good. I hope all goes well for him.
Showie me the money !
The money is clear. It comes from Ohtani's account. So now what? It is complicated. The bookie is clear. He only dealt with the interpreter. The FBI/baseball have to look at the time of each transfer from Ohtani's account to the bookie. Where was Ohtani at that precise time? Where was Mitzuhara? Any pictures of the transferor? Check Ohtani's phone or computer for timing. But even then, this guy had Ohtani so isolated here in US, that it always come back to the interpreter. He apparently even controlled Ohtani's contact with Ohtani's own lawyers, accountants and manager! I ask where is Ohtani's family? Why aren't they in US to help him? Mitzuhara ingratiated himself with Ohtani when Ohtani was a teenager. The family apparently abdicated all control to Mitzuhara, who is older and lied to them about his credentials-he never went to UCR and never worked for Boston or the NY Yankees. Mitzuhara duped Ohtani.
Ippei is an American but originally from Japan that Ohtani trusted him like a family member probably so what happened is not unconceivable
that Ippei was able to manipulate things around Ohtani more than anyone can imagine.
Also not inconceivable that Ohtani could coherse his friend to take the fall .
Anyone else I might say maybe but Ippei probably used his connection to Ohtani so he could bet large amounts of money on
@@Snowy9mu Defending one-convicting the other with Might, Maybe and Probably.
Blame interpreter lol
Enjoy being an incel loser your entire life. Literally unalive yourself freak. 🖕🤣
He's guilty but MLB and the Dodgers will cover it up because he's the current big marketing superstar. Lots of money he'll make for the league and the organization. As for the fans, they don't care. Ohtani is their golden boy and he could do no wrong.
These media people are nuts. Koo koo
MLB WILL BE SWEEPING IT UNDER THE RUG
THEY DONT WANT ANOTHER PETE ROSE !
It will be a bigger scandal if Shotime doesn't hit 50 homeruns and strikeout 180 batters this season. Go Dodgers....
He's not pitching this season
@@bobcarp1239 sorry, yes, in 2025...
Crap, this ain't good 😕
Please just don’t say anything from the perspective of Americans
If you ever lived in a foreign country where you weren’t able to speak or understand their language as natives, then you will understand Ohtani better
Put yourself in his shoes in this situation
Nothing will result from this Dodgers are a Joke ..MLB IS THE PUNCHLINE
Waaaaa waaaaaa 😢😢😂
Breaking news here guys. Up next the 2020 election
This is such a non-issue.
I think his interpreter got in a bad situation and Ohtani bailed him out. It is conceivable because his int was making 300k to 500k so owing 4.5 mill is totally possible. I think Ohtanis lawyers wanted him to back track and not admit he had anything to do with the actual wiring of the funds.
Could Ippei really be a good person? getting a job like the interpreter for a baseball player must come with so many original background checks... the guy was raised in Diamond Bar, California. was probably having the most amazing life and incredible career doing what he was doing. what if he took the fall for the superstar that made his life incredible.. What if Ohtani just heads home?? all of this controversy, he has already made so much money. this is a USA problem. it is legal to bet on horse racing and motor sports in Japan.
Go dodgers
😂😂😂 bookie was being investigated already and at some meeting, randomly his interpreter goes "I have a gambling issue he gave me 4 million" bro that pitcher has a gambling addiction
Bro, you have no idea what you’re even talking about. You don’t even know their names and you’re making ignorant comments.
@@ghostdogzx-1474 ghost dogs. Sick name too
@@stevenboddy4232 your original comment didn’t age well, did it?
Ohtani did it.
Friend taking the fall to save O’s career and reputation. Japanese culture is all about saving face.
You are wrong. He had nothing to do with it.
Ohtani is as square as one can be among Japanese
But he gets to play. No suspension while they investigate. Because he brings in Asian dollars that's all...
We can investigate anything but a laptop 😏🍿
I love how people like you actually think youre smart, itd be funny if you werent so confident about it
@@johnnypreer5276 I survived the laptop from hell agencies labeled a hoax so try me. Please Flippen try me ⛓️😎
@@johnnypreer5276 it's going to be fun riding you like Jill rides Joe when he puts on his cowboy hat 🤠⛓️ giddy up and no copyright needed because smo is a damn theft 😎⛓️🤠
@@johnnypreer5276 everybody wants to pay with a girl but when she grows up she becomes a Russian hoax 😎⛓️
@@johnnypreer5276 tell Chuck schemer to get his ass over here cause I want to know what happened to his underage African American girlfriend 😎⛓️
seems like ohtani and p. diddy will get to meet each other soon.
Sounds to me like this was Ohtani secret gay lover.
I love you internet psychos you contribute nothing to anything lmao
I don’t believe Ohtani.. I mean bro hid his whole marriage lol 😂
he hid his whole marriage because he hates gossipping media. look what this podcast guy is doing. they are vultures.
Nothing wrong with that lol. Next time he adopt a pet, you also want him to announce it.
This guy talks like he is being chase. I don’t trust ppl talking this fast-what are you lying or trying to hide by talking fast for no reasons?😂