Shohei Ohtani full press conference: 'I never bet on sports'
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- Опубліковано 24 бер 2024
- Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shoehi Ohtani spoke publicly for the first time Monday about allegations of illegal gambling and theft accusations against his former interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara. Ohtani said through his new interpreter that he was “very sad and shocked that someone who I trusted has done this.” Ohtani added that he never bet on sports.
I do not watch any baseball games, but I stand with Shohei Ohtani. He is innocent. I believe he has been betrayed by his former interpreter.
Anyway, I hope this case will be solved soon, and Shohei can focus on the games.
That's all there is to it.
Just the fact that Ohtani is so rich that had it been He who was gambling he could've easily paid the debt as he lost, didn't need to run it up to 4.5M. This would only happen to someone who didn't have the money.
That look on Shohei's face says everything. That's the look of a man who was betrayed. That mix of sadness, pain, and anger after being betrayed by a man who he thought was his best friend is written all over his face.
I hope Matthew Boyer gets put in jail for life- he stole money from vulnerable people (like Ippei) and people around people like Ippei’s life also got affected so many ways. The story is so tragic. Ippei stole money from Ohtani but both of them are also victims of Matthew Boyer!
@@user-yu1bt8cp7l yeah... some of these illegal bookies are very predatory and prey on people's gambling addictions and pressure them to pay back the debt by any means necessary or else... however, Ippei (if he did steal the money which seems very likely) is not innocent and most of his actions were not justified.
@@user-yu1bt8cp7l so they were forced to place bets with him? are you that idiotic?
I feel so bad for him 😭 we stand by you Shohei! Whoever loves sports and his character knows that he is innocent
You don't know anything about his character? He doesn't even speak English.. For all you know, he's been doing this all his life. You know nothing about him whatsoever. You just like him because you think he's a good player. He could be a degenerate gambler for all we know.
@@user-is7xp7ux1r He does speak English.
@@edomarpez1840Jos spokespeople speak English & they all agreed with Ippels first statement. None of this makes sense. He understands some English that’s why he’s shaking his head when the interpreter repeats what he saying in English.
@@user-is7xp7ux1rHe doesn’t care about money all the allegations make no sense at all. Not to mention he can’t do gambling because he gives all his money to his mom. We know everything about him so much so that Japan has a tv channel that just watch’s Ohtani the entire game and nothing else. He can’t hide anything. Even if he was guilty does MLB really want to get rid of the greatest baseball player of all time? He is worth hundreds of millions in revenue.
The media, politics, and every other evil organization lives the meek like you
会見聞いて大変だったんだなと。
シーズンにむけて
頑張るといってるので応援しています
❗
Ohtani is not the type of person who would get into gambling. He is not interested in spending money and dislikes flashy things.
He grew up in a small town that has many rice fields where there are hardly any amusements or stores.
His wife carries a $50 Zara purse still nowadays!!! His wife is a classy, sporty woman who wears minimal makeup or no makeup at all and no body-conscious dress!
The only reason he drives a Porsche is because it's his sponsor, and the car was given to him for free. He has to drive that for advertisement purposes.
Shohei truly believes in karma and started picking up trash on the ground, believing that doing something good would bring good luck to him. He has been doing that since he was in high school.
Shohei is a humble and good-hearted Japanese person. There is really no way he would get into gambling. (Not that all gambling is bad but he is just not a gambler type)
glad he told you this privately!... NOT! he placed the bets and you cant convince me otherwise!
Cope
And he is dog lovely person.
He's just too damn lazy to learn English
@@ssm-sk9iwnone of your business
I believe in Shohei Ohtani. Who hasn’t heard or read about a confidence man embezzling an innocent person? A grifter will always find a way to steal.
Giving your interpreter access to your bank account? Not knowing 4.5 million is gone? If you believe he didn't know then I have some ice front property I'll sell you in Kansas. Did he bet? Probably not but if u think he didn't know about it you are a meek person
@@kckillakrack9714 When I needed a bank account in France, my French level was just A2 (beginner). I had no clue so my French boyfriend took care of it and knew the PIN. I would have agreed if he had suggested sharing the email or mobile number for security. Ippei was more than an interpreter to Ohtani, in fact, Ippei did everything for Othani's life in the US. American people (or native English speakers) cannot imagine how tough life is if you are from a country where an extremely different language is spoken. I use a French textbook written in English because those two languages are quite similar to me.
Why did Mr. Mizuhara be interviewed alone without consulting anyone? It's an unusual behavior.
Why do people believe the interview with Mr. Mizuhara, a gambler who also owed money to his family and friends? Mr. Ohtani is a victim. There is no way he can explain how his money was stolen and transferred.
Interpreted 90% right but missed some good stuff… but good job.
Mr. Mizuhara, who is embroiled not only in gambling but also in suspicions of resume fraud, has faced increasing scrutiny. The same media outlet stated, "He was widely reported to have attended universities in the United States and worked for two MLB teams, but significant discrepancies have emerged in his background. Since this scandal broke, Mizuhara's situation appears to worsen with each passing day The initial story Mr. Mizuhara told ESPN itself seems to be a fabrication for self-preservation, and it is likely that it simply ends with Mr. Mizuhara's embezzlement.
I feel bad for him. All he wanted was to play on MLB . Never cared about money.
Ive got some swamp land to sell you. All I've ever wanted to do was give this land away for a cheap price.
Shohei is a good person
This guy who is translating for Shohei is not a professional translator but has lived in Japan for more than a decade. He works permanent as a professional pitcher growth in using tools and other stuff. The fact that it is not his job to translate for Shohei, the man who translated Shohei at the conference here did a goo job.
Isn’t that will?
Wasn’t he Kenta Maedas translator
@@JohnnyFlores-zv3oh Yes, he's Will
he was a comedian too in Japan
@@chlone5042really !?!?
He just read off the pre-translated answer from the paper. It wasn't a Q&A section.
POA. If you want to know how Ippei send Ohtani's money from his account to bookmaker without Ohtani knowing, refer to the Power of attorney.
I feel bad for him.
Why do you feel bad for him? Do you know all the evidence in this case? That makes him 100% innocent. Or he making his interpreter escape goat for his gambling . Truth is, you know nothing about this guy? And neither do I for all we know. He's been gambling for years.
According to Tomoya Suzuki, a Japanese sports consultant, if Ippei is an POA (Power of Attorney), it's possible to access Ohtani's bank account.
As Suzuki used to be an POA of Japanese MLB player, he also could access to the MLB player's bank account and manage it.
Too bad sports betting is still illegal in CA so there's an issue no matter what
Ohtani to me is a very hard working, honest, and modest person. I can't see him doing any gambling especially given the amount of money he's guaranteed.
Funny you say that because I 100% could lol its funny money at that point
Heard of Michael Jordan? Also, being rich doesn't prevent one from having a gambling problem. Look at Bruno Mars.
@@challenger516 I wouldn't compare your messed up Western idols to a polite, well-mannered, very respectful boy from a humble background w/ strong cultural values. People think West and East are the same. Beyond me 😂
@@ericmcginnis7576You know him personally? NOT
@@ericmcginnis7576What does it have to do with Western idols? Japanese athletes also party and have fun too. Have you been to Japan?
Gambling addiction is a serious disease and ruins lives. Ippei should rightly be held responsible for the consequences of his actions, but I also hope all gambling addicts get the help they need and this situation sheds light on the larger issue
これまでも、これからも大好きです。応援しています！
it's tough to lose a friend who betrays you. I feel bad for Ohtani.
Book Maker knew that Ippei Mizuhara was the best friend of Shohei Otani.
Ippei Mizuhara was not only Otani's interpreter, but also his only manager, and was apparently responsible for transferring expenses and other important tasks during Otani's hospitalization.
Book Makerは、水原一平が大谷翔平の親友と知っていた。
水原一平は、通訳だけではなく、大谷さんのただ一人のマネージャーとして、経費の振り込み等、その他の重要な仕事を大谷の入院中にも担っていたとか。
I hope Matthew Boyer gets put in jail for life- he stole money from vulnerable people (like Ippei) and people around people like Ippei’s life also got affected so many ways. The story is so tragic. Ippei stole money from Ohtani but both of them are also victims of Matthew Boyer!
Ippei needs Pathological Gambling (Gambling Addiction) Treatments if he is diagnosed as a mental disorder according to DMS-5.
오타니 쇼헤이 선수가 미국으로 넘어갈때 잇페이가
미국에서 사용할 계좌가 필요하다 그러니서류에 서명좀 해달라하면서
오타니 개인정보와 함께 잇페이에게 위임한다는식의 위임서류를 내밀어 서명도 받았거나 했을 가능성을 추측해봅니다
오타니선수가 영어가 서툴때 저지른 악질 범행이므로 잇페이는 명백히 사기절도혐의 수사를 받을 필요가 있어보입니다
he never did, his friend did it for him.
Foul Territory will cover this in depth tomorrow! I would go check them out and see what the guys and Ken Rosenthal say…. It is their specialty and we will get the facts and make sense of all this.
love you Shohei go dodgers!!!!!!! 🎉
Blink once if you’re being held hostage, Shohei.
😂😂😂
Lmao 😂😂
Kawasaki’s English skill was enough entertaining
his is the answer. Power of Attorney(POA) or check writing privileges 。 Ohtani is completely innocent.
DANIEL KIM said.
When I worked as an interpreter, I had to assist the players on just about every aspect of their daily lives. These include: opening bank accounts, taking them to DMV to get licenses, and setting up utilities. I also carried their check books on the road for clubhouse dues.
Wouldn't want to be the new translator 😂😂😂
He should be permanently banned from the MLB and thrown in prison for a decade. If it was an average person committing these crimes they would face the consequences, as should he.
Mizuhara deduces that he stole money from Otani and used Otani's cell phone to send money to a bookmaker. I think Ippei was probably doing his normal expenses that weren't gambling. In that case, he can send money using Otani's mobile phone, and he can easily do two-step approval. And if he erase his remittance history, Otani won't know. I don't think Otani doubted Mizuhara because he trusted Mizuhara even though he didn't realize it. After getting married, Mizuhara was no longer able to send money when he left his finances to his wife, and various inconveniences occurred, which is why I think the theft was discovered.
Say it ain't so, Sho!
It's not he's innocent
Ohtani is reading from a prepared statement and the interpreter is acting as if he is writing it down word for word when we know he has the same script in front of him.
I just seen that too . He's looking down at what to read
Oh, did he had the same script in front of him? I wasn't there to atest this but glad to know you were there close enough to state this
They how you know they all shady.
I don't wear primrose-colored glasses.@@edomarpez1840
His lawyer wrote that for him to tell the press
Just sad and disappointed but still like ippei
He has much money no mean to bet
You people are nosy. Stop hating on the man that got the bag. And if u mentioned Pete rose. He bet on baseball. Dude never bet on baseball. So it's not gonna affect his HOF status.
He’s lying is like saying I’m an alcoholic but I never had a drink of alcohol in my life
He didn't know, can we drop it now
Let the facts play out. Right now, all we know is the gambling occurred. The key questions...who sent the wires? what bank was used? how did you not notice 4.5M missing from your bank account?
If you have 100milion in your acct and you lose 500k(9 separate transactions), that's not a big deal. For the rest of us, if you had $100 in your pocket and you lose 50 cents, would you even notice?
@RajDeelish the wire is odd though. When you wire that amount of $ typically you have to get it approved in person. Curious what bank was used.
If he was actually gambling, will he wire that amount of money to a bookie under his own name? Think hard before you answer.
@@sawanpatel9920 I'm pretty sure Ippei had access to Shohei's bank tokens
Come on, Ohtani must be so damn stupid if he wired this much money to the illegal bookie under his name where the police can easily trace . 500k was the maximum amount the authorized person could wire using his account so it makes perfect sense why the police found multiple 500k transactions made by Ohtani’s account. It’s obviously his interpreter/personal assistant.
The fact that Shohei's now being recognized nation-wide is interesting
This will not end well
日本の空から、翔平頑張れ、翔平頑張れ、翔平頑張れ、翔平頑張れ、翔平頑張れ、翔平頑張れ〜〜〜〜‼️
Hey for $4.5 million, I learn Japanese….
FREE PETE ROSE🥀
Yeah, right! He understands contract negotiations and went after the biggest payday available!🤣🤣🤣
He wouldn’t have access to his account without his knowledge, that’s not his lawyer, accountant, or retirement planner!
I believe the interpreter. He says he placed bets on his behalf, that’s what common sense tells me as well! We’ve seen this from the biggest stars in sports.
Let hope this is not a Sammy Sosa. Wagging finger moment 😊
Not a great interpreter unfortunately. He is leaving too much words out. (I am fluent in Japanese and English)
where did he mess up the most?
I would say he's not used to business level interpreting. Helping players out in the dugout or locker room is very different from interpreting in front of reporters. His English level is still very casual and not sophisticated enough. (I've lived in Japan for a long time (am a native English speaker and linguist) so I have done some (limited) interpreting.) One example would be"someone I'm trusted has done this."
From what I just heard today. Somebody says that he speaks really good English. He just prefers not to speak it Must be a reason for that
That’s why he was shaking his head in agreement when the interpreter was speaking. I heard he spoke at an event & folks were floored. He’s been use to running things and he does what he wants.
このライブ通訳は完璧ではありません。
大谷が誤解されないことを願っています。
None can send money accept the owner of the bank account
Not true, I send a large sum of money on behalf of my family all the time 😅 this is common.
Power of attorney
Shohei Sleeps 13 hrs a day, Lesson Learned ? .... So you can Monitor your Bank Account 😅🦄
Welp, my only question is; how does one take from someone else's bank account without that person knowing!? 🤪🤪 oh oh, Shotime! 😆 🤣
OHTANI ... OBVIOUSLY doesn't know what's in his wallet!! "What's In Your Wallet?"
I dont believ him at all. Did he bet? Maybe not but famn sure knew someone was. How does an interpreter get access to your bank account and so much access that $4.5 millions gets spent ? Spent to an illegal bookmaker not draft kings? Lol. This is like day ng my friends robbed the bank, i knew they were but i didnt rob the bank lol
When your a well known player you have multiple accounts, endorsement, such as new balance,fanatics, topps, can go on..and your personal of course....
he was allowed to manage some of his account but $４.5million is only 1% of total acount. it's like $100 for ordinary people.
英語の勉強になるわー
Is this logical? Initially Ohtani spokespeople agreed with the story Ippel told ESPN. Afterwards they changed it when they found out they cldnt just say Ohtani paid the debt for Ippel. It has to be proved that Ippel stole the $$$.
Ippel earned $300,000 no bookie especially an illegal one is gonna let him get in debt that much. I’m sure Ohanti has an accountant. How is $4.5M unaccountable when Ohtani & his wife so minimalistic?
Logically it doesn’t make sense. But I’ll wait till the Feds investigate what happened.
Wack
大谷は、完全に被害者。全く悪くない。今後も大谷翔平を全力で応援します。
Start speaking English,dude. It's not that difficult.
You've been here several years. You're making $70 million a year.
Enough already
Start being a top MLB player. It’s not that difficult. You’re making 40,000 a year
Why don't you write that in Japanese, then? So arrogant.
Vladimir Guerrero never bothered learning English he spoke with his bat
When is he going to learn English? I guess assimilation is a thing of the past
He speaks with his bat
I'm sick and tired of everybody standing up for this guy. When they know nothing. about the facts whatsoever. He could be a complete degenerate gambler. And could have been doing this as whole life for all. We know you really think he could have that much money stolen from him And not know it.
Back at you, tired of seeing FB posts making fun of him, compare him to Pete Rose, hurtful comments when they knows nothing about Shohei personally, he could have been the nicest person you ever meet, yet all those accusations, wanting him to fail, jealous of his talent and the money he’s making.
It's equally disgusting all people like you that try to smear him without having the facts whatsoever.
Innocent until proven guilty my friend
@@oscarcamarena1241 That's not the american way. And there is a lot of evidence against him. He's just Blaming somebody else . How in the world would a interpreter have access to his Checking accounts? think about it rationally
@@user-is7xp7ux1r I’d love to hear this said evidence
If there indeed was said evidence, he wouldn’t be playing right now
Yet another why players must learn the local language quickly. The fact that Ohtani still cannot speak English despite living in the US for years and having millions to get a private English teacher is a disgrace. If he had learned the English, there would have been no reason to have translator and being caught up in this scandal.
The disgrace is people like you that talks/writes things before the actually fact check what they're about to say. He does speak English. You have the audacity to say things like this while you don't even know the difference between a tranlator and an interpreter
Are others actually believing this nonsense?! You can't just move these sums of money without throwing out some red flags. Ask yourself self this, if your bank or accountant or other reps missed this amount of money being stolen, would YOU let them keep their jobs? He expects the world to believe that only the interpreter was the problem? None of this makes any sense.
Bro wealthy people get money stolen from them in this manner by their close associates all the time. You can Google it and you will find many examples.
Unless you’re in the 1%, you don’t have the slightest idea about what banking with that type of money is like. The ultra-rich manage their finances very differently than normal people do, and the rules are not the same. Often, they use banks that people with normal incomes don’t even have access to.
Shohei didn't let Ippei keep his job when he found out his money had got stolen. You obviously didn't watch the video and hear what he said but rushed to comment.
@@pulipulipearl1176I'm sure he fired him once he realized he was caught. You act like this happened once lol.
@@pulipulipearl1176 You should read what I commented before you comment lol. I did watch the whole video and my question IN MY COMMENTS, was why is it that only the interpreter was fired? Go re-read what I commented.
sure blame everything on the interpreter who is not there to defend himself.
He doesn't need to be there. The interpreter agrees. He has publicly said he did everything.
@@RajDeelish yeah Ohtani is pretty safe. Only two people know he's a gambler, and they are sticking to the same story
大谷のメジャー永久追放が必要です。
選手は付き合う人間に依って選手生命が脅かされることを徹底して意識すべき。
今後巨額契約金を手にする選手がでてくる中でそれを狙う組織や人が現れて近づいて来ると思う。その金額はファンの日常生活費からかけ離れた金額で、選手の金銭管理能力を疑うことになります。
それによりスポンサーやファンやメジャースポーツが混乱し、人々の頭の中はスポーツと関係ない事件のことでいっぱいになります。
試合とは関係なく、こんなことを起こす選手含めそれらバカたちの試合を見る必要があるか？と思います。時間がたつにつれメジャーを嫌煙し後に離れてしまうことも考えられます。
それを退けるには、選手自身に重い罰則を課すことが重要です。
今回の大谷は永久追放すべきです。
そうすれば今後の選手自らが金銭教育を受けるようになり、付き合う人間を真剣に考えるようになります。選手も馬鹿では困るのです。
メジャーリーグは憧れのスポーツです。
それは厳格な罰則により保たれることを期待します。
Liar
Is Shohei Otani's interpreter Ippei Mizuhara a Korean resident in Japan?Is he pretending to be Japanese by using a Japanese name?Did he drive a Korean car at first?In Japan, very few Japanese people drive Korean-made cars. Most of Japan's anti-social criminal organizations, or yakuza, are Koreans living in Japan.Ippei Mizuhara's career is full of falsehoods.Was he sent to destroy Shohei Otani and become a parasite?Did he intend to ruin Shohei Otani by incurring huge debts and forcing Shohei Otani to take over his duties?
Ippei Mizuhara was aware that he had a weakness for gambling.Still, he continued to take on huge debts.
Those sneaky Koreans