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Cyrus wrote:Why didn't the jays as well state they weren't aware of Othani being on the plane, or meeting scheduled, lol..

Ado05 wrote:The agent isnt responsible for clearing up **** reporting.

Hero_Panda wrote:

Cyrus wrote:Why didn't the jays as well state they weren't aware of Othani being on the plane, or meeting scheduled, lol..

That's the first thought I came away with.

Cyrus wrote:

Hero_Panda wrote:

Cyrus wrote:Why didn't the jays as well state they weren't aware of Othani being on the plane, or meeting scheduled, lol..

That's the first thought I came away with.

Exactly they have some responsibility in this, as does the agent, and everyone involved really, if agent or blue jays said hold on a second, this is news to us, atleast it wouldn't have went as far as it did.

JaysRule15 wrote:It's clear that Ohtani and Yamamoto had planned this whole thing out from the start. The Jays, along with other teams were simply used as leverage. The Dodgers will have such an easier time attracting more asian free agents in the future. Thank god they're not in our division.

Ado05 wrote:

JaysRule15 wrote:It's clear that Ohtani and Yamamoto had planned this whole thing out from the start. The Jays, along with other teams were simply used as leverage. The Dodgers will have such an easier time attracting more asian free agents in the future. Thank god they're not in our division.

Makes no sense considering Ohtani decided what his contract was and presented it to a number of teams.

Hottie McShotty wrote:So interpreter takes almost half of Ohtanis money and he doesn't notice? Ya right. Anyone believe this?

WuTang_OG wrote:

Hottie McShotty wrote:So interpreter takes almost half of Ohtanis money and he doesn't notice? Ya right. Anyone believe this?

:lol: no

they were buddies and clearly betting together

Between Dec. 2021 and Jan. 2024, Mizuhara's betting account placed approximately 19,000 wagers. The wagers averaged roughly $12,800. There were $142,245,769.74 in wins and $182,935,206,68 losses, totaling a $40,678,436.94 hole.

There were no records of bets on baseball games.

In 2018, Mizuhara drove Ohtani, referred to as Victim A in the complaint, to the bank and served as translator when he set up the account Ohtani used to receive his salary from the Angels. This was the account later used to wire money to the illegal bookmaker.

The account was never accessed online between 2018 and Oct. 27, 2021. The account was first accessed approximately one month after Mizuhara gained access to an illegal bookmaker's gambling website.

All of the devices used to access the bank account were devices that were also used to access Mizuhara's personal bank account. All of Mizuhara's winnings were deposited to his personal account, not the account used to pay the bookmaker.

In multiple calls recorded by the bank, Mizuhara pretended to be Ohtani when authorizing the wire transfers, and answered security questions that referenced details of Ohtani's personal life.

Mizuhara is alleged to have continuously asked the bookmaker for credit bumps that were always granted. For the final bump, the bookmaker responded, "Done . I have the same problem . To be honest with you Ippie, as long as you can guarantee the 500 every Monday I’ll give you as much as you want because I know you’re good for it[.]" This was not the only instance of the bookmaker referring to Mizuhara as "Ippie."

The same account used to pay out the bookmaker also showed "approximately $325 thousand in transactions at eBay and Whatnot between Jan. and March 2024."

Mizuhara received packages that were emailed to the clubhouse under the alias "Jay Min." The packages contained baseball cards, including "cards for baseball players Yogi Berra, Juan Soto, and Victim A."

Mizuhara told the bookmaker that he "[lost] a lot of money on crypto."

Ohtani also employed a professional bookkeeper, financial manager, and tax preparer and accountant, who, along with his agent, managed all of his domestic endorsement deals, which were handled in separate accounts. None of them spoke Japanese or hired anyone who spoke Japanese.

Ohtani's agent inquired at multiple points about the bank account that received Ohtani's salary, but Mizuhara told him that Ohtani wished for it to be kept private.

Ohtani only ever asked Mizuhara for overarching updates about his finances and assumed that his agent and financial managers had access to all of his accounts.

An HSI special agent who is a native Japanese speaker reviewed "approximately 9,700 pages of [Ohtani's] text messages" from 2020 to 2024. There was no discussion of sports betting, or Mizuhara's gambling. Ohtani's browser history showed no evidence of gambling.

The scheme almost unraveled in December 2023, when the bookmaker messaged Mizuhara, “Hey Ippie, it’s 2 o’clock on Friday. I don’t know why you’re not returning my calls. I’m here in Newport Beach and I see [Victim A] walking his dog. I’m just gonna go up and talk to him and ask how I can get in touch with you since you’re not responding?"

Mizuhara sent encrypted messages to an illegal bookmaker after The Los Angeles Times and ESPN articles came out. Mizuhara asked the bookmaker, "Have you seen the reports?" The bookmaker responded, "Yes, but that's all bull. Obviously you didn't steal from him. I understand it's a cover job I totally get it." Mizuhara then said, "Technically I did steal from him. it's all over for me."