The gambling scandal surrounding Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani's interpreter is coming to the small screen, as Lionsgate Television plans a scripted series around the real-life drama.
Lionsgate Television is developing a scripted series based on the real-life gambling scandal involving Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani's interpreter. The show will follow Ohtani's story — his meteoric rise in the MLB, his 10-year, $700-million contract with the Dodgers and then the devastating news that his interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, had allegedly stolen $17 million from him to pay off gambling debts. The Dodgers fired Mizuhara after learning of the allegations.
The series will be produced by Tony Award winner Scott Delman, known for 'The Book of Mormon' and 'Raisin in the Sun,' and sports journalist Albert Chen, Santa Monica-based Lionsgate said Thursday. “This is Major League Baseball’s biggest sports gambling scandal since Pete Rose — and at its center is its biggest star, one that MLB has hitched its wagon on,” Chen said in a statement.
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