Ippei Mizuhara served as Ohtani's interpreter after Ohtani came to the U.S. to play baseball.
FILE - Los Angeles Dodgers ' Shohei Ohtani , right, and his interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara , attend at a news conference ahead of a baseball workout at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, March 16, 2024. is being charged with federal bank fraud for crimes involving gambling debts and theft of millions of dollars from the Japanese sensation, federal authorities said Thursday. Ippei Mizuhara served as Ohtani's interpreter after Ohtani came to the U.S. to play baseball.
Ohtani subsequently laid out a version of events that placed responsibility entirely on Mizuhara, who had given conflicting accounts of whether Ohtani had paid off Mizuhara's gambling debts. Mizuhara told ESPN on March 19 that Ohtani paid his gambling debts at the interpreter's request, saying the bets were on international soccer, the NBA, the NFL and college football. But ESPN said Mizuhara changed his story the next day, saying Ohtani had no knowledge of the gambling debts and had not transferred any money to bookmakers."I am very saddened and shocked someone whom I trusted has done this," the Japanese star said through a new interpreter.
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