The story involving Shohei Ohtani, his interpreter and an alleged “massive theft” from the baseball superstar took another bizarre turn on Thursday as the sport continues to try and unravel what happened.
The story involving Shohei Ohtani, his now-former interpreter and an alleged “massive theft” of the baseball superstar took another bizarre turn on Thursday as the sport continues to try and unravel what happened.
New details emerged of how Ohtani discovered that Ippei Mizuhara allegedly stole millions of dollars from him to cover gambling debt.
ESPN’s Tisha Thompson said during an appearance on “First Take” that a Dodgers official told the outlet that Ohtani only seemed to become aware of the alleged theft during a meeting in the locker room after the team’s season-opening win on Wednesday in Seoul, South Korea.
“Mizuhara gets up and, based on what I’ve been told, says something to the effect of, ‘I’m sorry, I apologize, I have a gambling problem,’” Thompson explained.
