“Shohei, the money!”

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Shohei Ohtani camp pushes for investigation into alleged ‘massive theft’ as IRS probes interpreter (NY Post)

 

Dodgers fire Shohei Ohtani's interpreter amid allegation of 'massive theft' (ESPN)

 

Alright, what's the real story?   Before MLB & Dodgers covers it up.

Glutes smells a (Pete) Rose.

Edited March 22, 2024 by glutes

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What I got a kick out of when this story broke is "Ohtani is not available for comment". His interpreter is gone. We know!

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It's likely (speculation here) Ohtani was placing bets through Mizuhara, which is why he paid to cover the losses. This is the only way Mizuhara could carry a $4.5m marker with bookies. Mizuhara is being thrown under the bus to protect Ohtani, but it's hard to see how this "Mizuhara stole the money from Ohtani" narrative can stand up without criminal prosecution of Mizuhara. Is this guy going to go to prison to protect his "friend"? The whole thing stinks. There needs to be an above board investigation, and we'll get a cover up.

Edited March 22, 2024 by glutes

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If this ends up being the most disastrous fall from grace in sports history, I look forward to the 2027 movie, and the 2028 Oscars. Script-writers, get a jump on this NOW. 

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I don't know if Cuba Gooding, Jr. could pass for Dave Roberts or not, but currently I could be cast as that nut-job banging a drum in the stands at A's games.

[samhexum]

8 hours ago, glutes said:

Is this guy going to go to prison to protect his "friend"? The whole thing stinks. There needs to be an above board investigation, and we'll get a cover up.

Crazy things happen when money and friends are involved...

Man Convinced Friend to Amputate His Own Legs as Part of $1.3M Insurance Scam

The men allegedly involved, identified only as Zhang and Liao, have been charged with

fraud after only receiving one $7,200 insurance payout, which will reportedly be seized

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On 3/22/2024 at 9:44 AM, samhexum said:

Crazy things happen when money and friends are involved...

Man Convinced Friend to Amputate His Own Legs as Part of $1.3M Insurance Scam

The men allegedly involved, identified only as Zhang and Liao, have been charged with

fraud after only receiving one $7,200 insurance payout, which will reportedly be seized

Come on

You love they stories from the New York Post

 

Those examples have nothing to do with baseball 

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I'd like a shot at being Otani's "bat boy."