Bestselling Author Don Winslow: The Ohtani/Ippei Scandal Is Stranger Than Fiction | Rich Eisen Show

Bestselling author Don Winslow joins Rich Eisen in-studio to discuss why the Shohei Ohtani/Ippei Mizuhara gambling scandal is stranger than fiction.
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[@onepiece25993]

I beg of you, stop the hate already. Don’t you know when enough is enough? This is getting really pathetic.

[@imbatmanbuturnot]

APOLOGIZE TO OHTANI NOW

[@CRA619]

why is it still strange? Disgusting

[@trevorcarey3997]

Eisen is feeling embarrassed for mouthing off before the facts, so now the guy is trying to push his conspiracy theory.

[@Atsuya02]

"we are just asking valid questions" 🙄 you can just throw dirt at someone else credibility and get away with it - journalism 2024.

[@Narodov1]

especially when the affidavit is out there in the public to read. That document answers all their doubts but yet to willfully blind about the situation. This is why average citizens should not vote. Imagine what else they are uninformed about when the answer is right there on your fingertips

[@Liz-iz]

Disgusting

[@beatuk54]

If you don’t want to read a 37 page criminal complaint. TOTALLY fine. But then you have no room to go around spreading a bunch of bullshit when there are facts to the contrary

[@certifiedsonny]

rich's hate never stops. give it up rich.

[@1taichang]

It's absolutely tasteless to thrive on conspiracies about others, especially shameful when this person is saving the game. All you do is nag, despite Shohei Ohtani's apparent display of unyielding sportsmanship that has been awing everyone since his arrival.

[@skrattaoppar9753]

Apologize

[@linhe3919]

Disgusting stop it ! The case is closed

[@moguramimi1541]

Ohtani always is the guy who doesn’t care too much about his money and always donate his money to everywhere…..you guys just don’t get his personality, because you could never be him, that’s all. Keep being trash please.

[@tatatatatatata7]

16 MIL is pocket change for Ohtani. Give it up already.

[@dontoverdoseoncopium]

they're getting a lot of engagement from this right now so i think they're milking it. If not, then it's kinda sad.

[@JoshuaMartian-go3tm]

Rich sure is milking all this Dodger/Ohtani backlash against him. 😂 Hey, Rich looks stupid for convicting a guy before getting ALL the facts so why not milk it for as long as he can, huh? hehe🤷‍♂😅

[@dancegirlallmylife]

With all the new info and the fbi investigation this week showing how ohtani is innocent, and the guy was forging his signature and pretending to be Ohtani over the phone. If anything you kinda owe Ohtani an apology lol

[@ugenm6597]

It is way stranger if Ohtani is guilty and Ippei is a fall guy as you guys all wished.a lot more talks a lot more veiws. sorry it didnt go that way.and never say anything on Ohtani.

[@travelvblog2594]

If Shohei joins Yanks this year, Richie would react differently

[@upton1524]

Skepticism is all well and good, but were you just skeptical, Rich? Do you have any evidence that you are not racist? Do you have any evidence for that?

[@mirikaku5811]

It’s a first account he registered in 2018 for salary account which Ohtani opened with help of Ippei and since then he never used it and only accumulated money deposited. Not connected to mobile number or mail as those were not established to Ohtani that time and could be added later, instead Ippei was proxy for the tie, being. Ohtani was subsequently given multiple other accounts which was assisted by staffs of the Agency and was actively connected to Ohtani, which he used. So why Ohtani didn’t know was that that first account, 1) he never used only parking and accumulating money deposited which was the reason the balance was still growing despite Ippei withdrew as the inflow was still larger. 2) He didn’t think anybody was withdrawing so no need to check. (He himself wasn’t using it)

[@Jamezfig]

Ohtani thought his agent and advisors were monitoring the account like the other accounts. Ippei lied to the agent and advisors that Ohtani wanted to keep the account “private” and to Ohtani that they were monitoring the account.

[@jeanetteschock4744]

This story had replaced Rich's Aaron Rogers obsession

[@JoshuaMartian-go3tm]

He has to look as fair as he can NOW after looking stupid for convicting Ohtani without all the facts.

[@jeanetteschock4744]

@@JoshuaMartian-go3tm I know. It's just a very weird story. I appreciated him reading the indictment and his analysis

[@trevorcarey3997]

​@@JoshuaMartian-go3tmI agree but these shows they did it for the ratings, (including Kay, Steven A, Russo) And the haters are embarrassed and in denial but will try to accuse him of something else, that's what trolls do just to show their haterade.

[@WanderingWolf365]

What's weird is you are acting like a major sports figure has never been massively defrauded by an assistant before. What's the deal, Rich? - WW

[@713davidh42]

Sorry Rich, it looks like you've made a rush to judgement with regard to Shohei Ohtani, but then we all did. Our society has become so imbued with looking for the worst in a situation or person that we sometimes forget it is not always the case.

[@hvo729]

It’s not strange there’s a lot of cases out there, look at Ohtani’s history, he never cares about money and was on an allowance in Japanese pro league from his parents weekly. He trusted this guy

[@phoenixmagi2]

Rich this is why people are turning against you

[@kbjagrun]

Take the L Rich

[@sopdadope]

Instead of backpedaling, this guy goes charging forward into the conspiracy theory muck. No shame lol

[@rw9931]

Shohei Ohtani's life story has been crystal clear from the moment he was born to the present. Even when he started playing rofessionally in Japan, he entrusted all his money management to his mother and lived like a poor college student who only spent 10,000 yen(70usd) a month. The recent investigation revealed that not only has he not touched his salary paid by the Angels, but he has also never accessed his bank account even once. Meanwhile, Ippei has been caught in a web of falsified educational and employment history, even deceiving his wife. All the raw dealings with bookmakers and bankers have come to light, with evidence piling up. If Ohtani has any fault, it's being too pure and overly trusting of those around him. For those with dirty minds, the mere idea that a wealthy man can have a pure heart seems suspicious. Besides, MLB was completely fooled by him, so you better stop trying to make Ohtani out to be the villain on mere delusion. Or you are just being racist because Ohtani is Asian?

[@ginirowolf683]

Why don't you think that ESPN reporter was duped by Mizuhara to add reality to his made-up story when Mizuhara was dead-end? Mizuhara is the one who has been deceiving not only Otani but also the team and his agent's office for years. It is much easier for Mizuhara to deceive one reporter, with whom he is not close, over the phone than it is to unfreeze the bank account.

[@ngkky]

$16M will be how much his new wife will be spending on shopping trips at Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills.

[@cmills1234]

To be fair, I think Rich believes Ohtani's in the clear. At least he read the 37 page document unlike others who didn't or others who still have their confirmation bias.

[@atomicave]

It is becoming painfully obvious that you need to keep talking about this topic to keep the traffic flowing into your site. Milking this story as long as you can even though this is now a open and shut case

[@KeepItReal213]

EISEN is still at it! Cmon dude! Let it go already. You were WRONG and need to apologize instead of continuing to try to raise suspicion. Terrible. You just hate him so much huh? You suck!!!‼️‼️

[@Al404DVP]

Weird Japanese stuff....do we know his dogs name yet?

[@tmuny1380]

Kudos at the interpreter though ! By turning off his bank notifications he fooled all his accountants and all the IRS when it was tax time at the end of the year !

[@oldhottuna]

life is gd

[@VictorDiGiovanni]

His name isn't Ippei, more like Shohei-pay, am I right?

[@stevecarey4740]

Weird, can take millions upon millions upon millions, can’t take a semester to learn our language. Probably should do that, seems cheaper anyways

[@CC-zz4wz]

Ohtani had 50 million in his bank. 16 million g9ne and he doesn't notice? Mizuhara is clearly the fall guy being paid huge amount to save Ohtani's face.