2024-03-27 02:46:21
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An additional gambling scandal arose as American professional baseball (MLB) superstar Shohei Otani (30, LA Dodgers) dismissed rumors that he was involved in illegal gambling, saying he did not know that Ippei Mizuhara (40), who had been in charge of his interpretation and management duties, was gambling. American media claimed that it could explode.
On the 27th, the American weekly current affairs magazine The Atlantic recently published an article on its website titled ‘Shohei Otani’s gambling scandal will not be the last.’
Writer Keith O’Brien, who wrote the contribution, mentioned the fact that Mizuhara said in an interview with ESPN that ‘Ohtani had agreed to pay off $4.5 million in gambling debts’ and then reversed course, saying, “The details of the current scandal are not tangible. “The truth has not yet been revealed,” he claimed.
He repeatedly noted that “baseball is facing its biggest gambling crisis since 1989,” and that “Ohtani, the most marketable star, is involved.”
“Whatever the outcome, it is true that Mizuhara has been accused of betting money on soccer and other sports, not baseball,” he said. “It’s a nightmare for the baseball world that has just begun,” he wrote.
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Previously, Ohtani held a press conference at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California, USA on the 26th (Korean time) and denied rumors of his involvement in illegal gambling.
“Mizuhara has stolen money from my account and continuously lied to me,” Otani said. “I have never gambled on sports or knowingly sent money to a gambler.”
Otani said, “I have never bet money, not only on baseball, but also on other sports, and I have never asked anyone else to bet on my behalf,” and “I have never used a gambling agent to place a bet, nor have I ever been asked by anyone else to help me settle a bet.” explained.
Ohtani also said, “I was very sad and shocked that someone I trusted did something like this.”
Mizuhara caused controversy by explaining that Otani had sent money directly to a gambler to pay off his gambling debts, but then immediately reversed the claim and said that Otani had no knowledge of his gambling debts.
Mizuhara had been Ohtani’s interpreter and friend for more than seven years since he was playing for the Nippon Ham Fighters, a Japanese professional baseball team, but was fired from the Los Angeles Dodgers after being accused of illegal gambling and stealing Ohtani’s money.
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