Shohei Ohtani addressed the media on Monday after allegations emerged that his former interpreter stole millions of dollars from his bank account to pay an illegal bookmaker.
The Los Angeles Dodgers star, the most famous active baseball player in the world and a huge celebrity in his native Japan, addressed journalists in a press conference but did not take any questions from the media.
Last week, Ippei Mizuhara told ESPN that Ohtani had agreed to pay off his interpreter’s gambling debts, which are said to be more than $1m. Mizuhara had placed bets with a bookmaker in California, where gambling is illegal. However, Ohtani’s lawyers soon issued a statement saying Ohtani had been a victim of “massive theft” orchestrated by Mizuhara….
