Re: OT: Ohtani's Interpreter fired, used Ohtani's money to pay gambling debts.
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2024 1:47 pm
Manfred is not gonna risk his cash cow...MLB doesn't even want to investigate this.
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SOUL wrote:rapstarter wrote:Shock Defeat wrote:So if it was found that Ohtani bet on baseball will he be banned from the league like Pete Rose?
If that's actually the case, you'd think there's a better chance of MLB making the interpreter "disappear" than banning Ohtani.
Which is why the conspiracy falls flat.
People like to go against the most obvious thing, but the world (especially Americans) love conspiracies. Ohtani would've basically needed to be a MJ-level degenerate gambler risking almost a billion dollars he has coming in from his contract + sponsors just to get off some bets.
Not impossible, but also complete opposite of what we've seen from his personality.
NFL players get about a two game ban for non-NFL bets in facilities, I think a year if its NFL and not on your team.
Also Pete Rose bet on baseball. At most, what Ohtani would be liable for would be covering for Ippei having a gambling issue and betraying his trust, which would be a hilariously silly reason to give someone the Pete Rose treatment for.
Ippei being the "fall guy" is just a cute story until more comes out.
Ambrose wrote:SOUL wrote:
Probably because the story that gets told is far more often than you'd think, not the truth. Know someone in the entertainment industry, and pretty much everything that goes public is a lie.
Ambrose wrote:SOUL wrote:
Probably because the story that gets told is far more often than you'd think, not the truth. Know someone in the entertainment industry, and pretty much everything that goes public is a lie.
wco81 wrote:ORLMagicGirl15 wrote:azcatz11 wrote:
It’s his longtime friend.
Bottom line - at best shohei is funding illegal gambling. He should be given Pete rose treatment.
My best friend doesn’t have my bank account and I don’t have her’s. I still don’t get it.
Yeah how would a “friend” be able to take out millions from someone’s bank account?
Was it in a single transaction? Because the bank may have to report large transactions.
At a minimum, you’d think they’d notify Ohtani that this individual is making large withdrawals.
Does anyone let people in their family, other than maybe their spouse, be able to access large sums of money from their accounts?
Maybe Ohtani had so many large bank accounts that he wasn’t paying attention?
It sounds like a cover story, the interpreter did it. Might as well say the butler did it.
hauntedcomputer wrote:Ambrose wrote:SOUL wrote:
Probably because the story that gets told is far more often than you'd think, not the truth. Know someone in the entertainment industry, and pretty much everything that goes public is a lie.
Like he said, people love conspiracies.
Ambrose wrote:SOUL wrote:rapstarter wrote:
If that's actually the case, you'd think there's a better chance of MLB making the interpreter "disappear" than banning Ohtani.
Which is why the conspiracy falls flat.
People like to go against the most obvious thing, but the world (especially Americans) love conspiracies. Ohtani would've basically needed to be a MJ-level degenerate gambler risking almost a billion dollars he has coming in from his contract + sponsors just to get off some bets.
Not impossible, but also complete opposite of what we've seen from his personality.
NFL players get about a two game ban for non-NFL bets in facilities, I think a year if its NFL and not on your team.
Also Pete Rose bet on baseball. At most, what Ohtani would be liable for would be covering for Ippei having a gambling issue and betraying his trust, which would be a hilariously silly reason to give someone the Pete Rose treatment for.
Ippei being the "fall guy" is just a cute story until more comes out.
Probably because the story that gets told is far more often than you'd think, not the truth. Know someone in the entertainment industry, and pretty much everything that goes public is a lie.
durden_tyler wrote:Just secretly suspend him. Play in the NBA for 1 and 1/2 years then announce “he’s back” in the MLB. He might end up the GOAT too.
Tor_Raps wrote:Imagine you're going to have a billion dollars in your bank account and you find ways to illegally gamble? Just doesn't make sense man lol.
azcatz11 wrote:Tor_Raps wrote:Imagine you're going to have a billion dollars in your bank account and you find ways to illegally gamble? Just doesn't make sense man lol.
He’s probably addicted. It’s all about the endorphins rush to your brain. Ohtani needs rehab
Tor_Raps wrote:Imagine you're going to have a billion dollars in your bank account and you find ways to illegally gamble? Just doesn't make sense man lol.
madskillz8 wrote:Tor_Raps wrote:Imagine you're going to have a billion dollars in your bank account and you find ways to illegally gamble? Just doesn't make sense man lol.
Gambling is an addiction. Even if he's the one gambling, not his friend, it is not like he''s doing that to earn more money.
Not really sure, but is this case really about they are involving in illegal gambling or it is Ohtani's involvement that makes illegal?
JDR720 wrote:madskillz8 wrote:Tor_Raps wrote:Imagine you're going to have a billion dollars in your bank account and you find ways to illegally gamble? Just doesn't make sense man lol.
Gambling is an addiction. Even if he's the one gambling, not his friend, it is not like he''s doing that to earn more money.
Not really sure, but is this case really about they are involving in illegal gambling or it is Ohtani's involvement that makes illegal?
Players aren't allowed to gamble in any sport. Also, sports gambling is still illegal in California.
WarriorGM wrote:WolfAddict wrote:How in the actual **** do you think you can get away with skimming $4.5 MILLION!?
Be Ohtani's friend.
I think I tend to believe the friend's initial account but then Ohtani's advisors probably got wind of it and then pointed out how bad it would look for Ohtani that money was coming from Ohtani's personal account.