Shohei Ohtani’s Interpreter Accused of Stealing Millions From Ohtani to Gamble | THE ODD COUPLE

THE ODD COUPLE - Chris Broussard & Rob Parker discuss the potential nightmare brewing with accusations of theft and illegal sports betting against Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter who's been fired by the LA Dodgers.
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[@sychophantt]

Ohtani could be on video making bets about baseball and nothing would happen

[@ronniekregar3482]

Lol, truuuuue

[@chu1402]

Tell me you’re in middle school without telling me bud Ohtanis just an athlete not a politician no need for feds to lie about this.

[@sychophantt]

@@chu1402 Ohtani caught lying again!

[@bradm4493]

Ain’t no way Ohtani isn’t involved. Interpreter got broken off large chunk of bread to be fall guy

[@lxbui]

Damn! You clairvoyant? Man. How many lotteries you won?

[@bradm4493]

@@lxbui none. But I did have Yale over Auburn and Oakland over Kentucky. So pretty much the same thing.

[@poorhouz5051]

Righttttttttt....

[@sfv6]

How come he got access to his money? I think he is Shohie’s runner😂😂

[@Jbird-sx4zk]

I love Broussard drinking a Coke/Pepsi in a glass with Ice lol. Keeping it real

[@trevorcarey3997]

😅The trolls are having a field day saying we got him now, even without any facts let's accuse him and take him down. There's one thing I learned from followering sports for over 40 years is, there'll be haters knocking great player's like Ohtani of his success, we saw that with Micheal Jordan and Tom Brady, the trolls coming on and knocking them of anything.

[@Jbird-sx4zk]

@@trevorcarey3997 I don't want to accuse Ohtani prematurely...but someone is completely lying right in the face of the American people, completely changing their story after that ESPN interview. It's kind of a strange odd story. Why would anyone have let the interpreter go on ESPN with that made up story? I feel like maybe they were trying to get ahead of the federal investigation to save face...it just looks like a lot of people are lying now.

[@wilcee238]

@trevorcarey3997 Jordan’s not the best example to use for gambling buddy.

[@jmiogo]

Is a drinking from a can fake?

[@IamJdTrent]

Athletes aren't heroes. But we keep building statues...

[@tootspogsforever5590]

Shotime is one!!😀

[@GottaCoachEmAll-gz8dp]

Clown comment 🤡

[@iiRolltide]

Na not hero’s but legends. Legends get statues

[@IamJdTrent]

@@iiRolltide Semantics

[@mac9108]

Ooh gambling so evil 😂

[@vkcc5427]

Cris Cater said it best...You got to have a fail guy

[@ghingisoverland6932]

Reads like you’re the FAIL guy

[@Landis_Grant]

fall guy not fail guy

[@vkcc5427]

@@ghingisoverland6932 slap yourself let's beef on the web homie

[@SergioFernandez-cj4mt]

Lee Majors

[@vkcc5427]

Let's ride

[@box3y]

Quick question: what bookie lets a $300k/year interpreter rack up $4.5 million in debt unless they know they are good for it? I’ll hang up and listen!

[@asiantrick24]

that's a good point. I believe the bookie knows that he works for Ohtani but still, $4.5M is alot of money and the interpreter is only making 500k a year

[@skillethead15]

How about the real question. Why bet at all when you have as much money as these guys? Gambling is a sickness. People throwing away money and ruining their lives for dopamine. I guess that’s why people do drugs too.

[@lxbui]

Well usually people who owe $500-800k usually make about $100k, that’s about one order of magnitude so I don’t see how the math doesn’t add up for you. Read stories of gamblers. Anyway if Shohei gambled they’ll find it. We Don’t need someone sitting here theorizing just for likes and nods.

[@bagchaser8392]

Because of who he’s associated with

[@aswerty911]

If Ohtani was a degenerate, he'd owe a lot more than 4.5 million over 2-3 years.

[@trevorcarey3997]

My man Shohei does'nt need an interpreter now he can speak english really well, the reason he had Ippei was because he wanted to fully interpret his words carefully without messing up what he said.

[@handsanitizer1963]

Shohei is in big trouble He knows what he did.

[@handsanitizer1963]

@DropTheHammer-ei8co the federal government was looking at those bookmakers because it was illegal lol why do u think they changed the story

[@playlistiphone8743]

He gets paid way too much to be only an interpreter. But not nearly enough to cover these bets. You have to be really naïve to believe that Ohtani has nothing to do with this. I am a fan myself but not in denial.

[@JASHTONR]

Many player speak "okay" English but are not comfortable with real time conversation or questions.

[@jonsnow8766]

Ohtani bout to have a random season ending injury if mlb finds information he placed a bet they would never suspend him like nba w jordan in 94

[@langlang420]

NO DOUBT!!

[@dr12evil]

how does someone bet that much money and keep losing.. when you roll with that much you hedge your bets.. he must have been betting on colorado football and the carolina panthers

[@kduece2]

The way Rob praises Bryce Harper for living up to the hype without winning, makes you wonder why he hates Lebron so much

[@ronniekregar3482]

Baseball ain't basketball...Star players no matter how good don't have anywhere near the affect in baseball that they do in basketball

[@anthonyd6370]

you cannot wire money without account holders knowledge

[@xh3598]

Shohei needs to be in prison.

[@soda8736]

Rob wants Otani to be part of this scandal so bad.

[@victorle7693]

Lmao, probably. Low people always jealous of successful people

[@larryleqend]

He is a part of the scandal. He directly funded an illegal gambling operation by paying off his friends illegal gambling debts. That’s a criminal offense regardless if he was being a good friend or not. The fact that they didn’t know that and let the interpreter give the true story shows how dumb his team was. Now they tried to retract the statement. The Feds are gonna have a field day with this lol. I genuinely don’t think Shohei was gambling fyi.

[@IamJdTrent]

​@@victorle7693Rob is pretty successful... are u tho? U better be or otherwise ur a hypocrite.

[@azcardguy7825]

He’s 100% part of this… how does someone wire $4.5m out of another person account? Banks verify transactions that large very seriously.

[@greggibson33]

@@azcardguy7825 Wow... Sherlock got this all figured out. 😆

[@jxhide]

Ippei and the bookie's lawyer both have said Ohtani was never in contact with the bookie. Most likely Ohtani just trying to help a friend out but didn't realize that it would be illegal. None of the bets were made on baseball.

[@mikio6444]

99% this is what happened. But you know the fun stuff is conspiracy stuff making up the other 1%

[@TelpPov]

Shohei's legal team is distancing him from Ippei by accusing him of "theft" so it is slightly more complicated. It's either a tactic to make Ippei fall for everything or from legal perspective they uncovered more serious crime such as Ippei defrauding Shohei with his "debt" as a cover. Most suspicious concern is why would Ippei wire the money directly out of Shohei's account to the bookie. He should have wired it to somewhere else first.

[@susantownsend8397]

If that’s what happened he was participating in a felony.

[@mikio6444]

@@susantownsend8397 Unknowingly but yes. Intent means a lot here.

[@jxhide]

@@susantownsend8397 if he didn't realize it was illegal not likely any serious charges

[@azcardguy7825]

No one seems to be talking about the memo line…. “Loan” is a very suspicious thing to put on there

[@chu1402]

The media and haters that falsely accused Ohtani and spread lies are not gonna apologize or acknowledge this. We all have that person in our daily lives at work, school, “family/friends”, acquaintances that are too prideful and narrow minded to ever admit that they were wrong.

[@clubhouselive5368]

OHANTI WAS GAMBLING AND THEY ARE TRYING TO BLAME THE INTERPRETER… NO ONE ON EARTH WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO HIS MONEY HE HASNT EVEN BEEN PAID YET … 4.5 million COME ON MAN THEY THINK WE ARE ALL DUMB 👍🏾

[@ayoomisope6563]

I suppose Ohtani hasn’t been playing for years and made millions already

[@nuthinnice2]

Do yall really believe Shohei watches American football? Not to mention college football, cmon now this dude been in Japan almost whole life, Japnese people do not watch football

[@metsrus]

Being a much younger guy I would expect Ohtani to have a more worldly interest in sports than his middle aged interpreter.

[@agag2684]

​@@metsruswhy?

[@metsrus]

@@agag2684 gambling is a huge problem with young men in Ohtani's age group. look it up. ohtani is an athlete, his wife is a pro basketball player, it is very likely he like many sports outside of japan

[@metsrus]

@@agag2684 his wife is a pro basketball player, it's very likely Shohei has interest in other sports outside of Japan. he's an athlete and could have transferred the competitive juices to other sports and started following football during his stay in the u.s.

[@DEVILS_advocate05]

While it may not seems to be popular. But they’re is a league in Japan. The have a college championship call the rice bowl. And a smaller pro league. They even have a very popular manga called eye shield 21. It’s really good manga and it has an anime.

[@kannon_bach]

they are protecting ohtani. if the money was wired from his (ohtani's) account directly to the bookie, he is liable.

[@pompelmostique]

Doesn't look good for Otani. That's for sure.

[@John-mw8fw]

It's not illegal though, he can only get suspended from baseball. The bookie is going to be the only one going to jail.

[@kannon_bach]

​@@John-mw8fw the wire alone breaks the MLB collective bargaining agreement so yes, he should be suspended. he could have broken any number of laws as the total 4.5 million was sent over time in a number of transactions. we all have to wait until all the facts come out.

[@PapaT79]

It sure as sugar is illegal.@@John-mw8fw

[@jordanhernly1285]

No matter how you slice it, not good.

[@MarioMartinez-tt9ly]

As someone who has gambled on sports for years I can say yes it’s the thrill. I’ve noticed throughout the years I get the same emotion whether I’m betting $10 or $500 .

[@tomriddle8699]

I understand ur point since I'm from CA. Anytime I travel outside of CA I go on fd. However do u believe ohtani rlly bet? $4.5 mill is being accrued since 2021 (reported). Don't u think for someone like him it's chump change. Guy makes $50 mill off endorsements. If gamble why not go play cards? Here's the biggest reason why I don't think he did it. U mean to tell me a foreigner placed bets on ncaafb & nfl even tho that's not a popular sport in Asia. U place bets on that if someone is telling u hey bet on this easy money.

[@tootspogsforever5590]

​@@tomriddle8699 exactly!😊

[@glennsatterfield1755]

Anyone who knows about betting with a bookie knows that 4.5 million in credit is something that multi millionaires/billionaires get. Not normal folks. Common sense should tell you that Ohtani HAS to be involved cause aint no interpreter getting 4.5 million in credit. Its just that simple.

[@Tony-wm9ox]

At this point the dodgers are getting scammed

[@ghostface_7]

Some of these comments are hilarious "he's just too nice he wouldn't do anything wrong...He's not interested in money, he wouldn't gamble!" Crazy how he's being protected and given the benefit of the doubt 😂

[@metsrus]

people don't realize it's not about the money with these athletes gambling. it's competition and thrill of winning. MJ has a net worth of over 3 billion and a notorious gambler.

[@omgbygollywow]

Crazy how people jump to conclusions and make unfounded assumptions. 😂 When he was playing in NPB, his mother gave him a $1,000/month budget to live on and by the end of the year he had saved $2,000. Now he makes $50 million a year in endorsements and deferred $680 million for 10 years and would have deferred all of it but it was not allowed and he was required to take at least $2 million a year. Clearly he doesn't care about money. As for gambling, what evidence do you have that he gambles? The guy played two positions in MLB, consuming all his waking hours to training and playing whereas all other players only had to concentrate on one thing. Moreover, he is constantly busy with making appearances and doing commercials and giving interviews. Do you think he has time, or even the inclination to gamble? Zero evidence of that.

[@ghostface_7]

@@omgbygollywow please point to the conclusions I jumped to, and the unfounded assumptions I made in my post. Please quote me saying I have evidence that he gambled. Meanwhile you're hypocritical as fck and proved my point with your ridiculous "he MUST be innocent because unlike all the other famous athletes he has to train AND play AND do commercials therefore he has no time to gamble" the logic there is fcking mind-blowing lmao.. it's almost childlike..just be intellectually honest n say "I reeeaaallly like Ohtani as a player and a person so I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt even though I don't actually know sht yet because all the facts haven't come out" which was my original and only point 👍

[@ghostface_7]

@@metsrus nope Jordan never gambled, he didn't have time because he had to practice and play in the games and do commercials n stuff

[@langlang420]

@@omgbygollywow jesus......................ARE YOU SERIOUS??? That mother goose fairy tale sounds good on the internet. It's plain that either he was gambling, they were gambling together or at best he knew and was backing his so called close friend. Bookie is not giving almost 5 million bucks worth of rope to some low level dude unless he knew Othani was gonna cover it. Just common sense.

[@DexterMorgan-o1t]

If somebody takes millions of dollars out my account the bank would tell

[@x-ray3431]

Casinogate 😂

[@billyelliot78]

Sounds like Ippei told the truth, then the lawyers pumped the brakes (possibly the organization) because they didn’t like how that can look on Shohei (many people absolutely would think that he was proxy betting through Ippei) so they changed the story to “theft”. Ippei had a massive gambling problem, he probably DID bet on baseball too, he for sure knew it was illegal. When he went in the hole for millions, he had to come clean to Shohei cause he knew Shohei would get him out. That would have been the end of it but that bookie ends up getting federally investigated so now they gotta clean up on Aisle 4.

[@langlang420]

@billyelliot78 SPOT ON!!!!

[@johnnguyen699]

"Ohtani Minus One"

[@donaldgoulding6087]

But they won't talk about lebron and steroids

[@FuriousTheGeorge]

LeBalco

[@alphadog3586]

That topic won't ever get touched 😂

[@donaldchesser157]

Boom goes the dynamite 🧨

[@freetheworld2671]

But you sure Otani is innocent, funny how that works. Gtfoh 😂

[@donaldgoulding6087]

@@freetheworld2671 no, I'm highlighting the talk about one thing but never lebron steroid allegation that's been attached since miami

[@MRoss623]

This fool gonna get banned from baseball lol

[@austinclark007]

Thank you for talking baseball.

[@Dre2Dee2]

You're trying to tell me, an interpreter, who got to see OHTANI and TROUT every single day for YEARS, saw how they practiced, saw if they got hurt, saw if they would play, saw how they felt... WOULDNT bet on baseball with that kind of information? Instead, he was betting on Cameroon beating Peru in soccer? BULLSHIT

[@tomriddle8699]

It is plausible cuz according to ippei there is a speech given to players every spring training not to bet on baseball.

[@austinking9912]

There will be enough money to wash this all away

[@mikekinsella2822]

Didn't help Pete Rose and make that go away.

[@austinking9912]

Not nearly as much money wrapped up and I think the commish had it out for Pete.

[@joelweinstein5552]

Lie to the federal investigators- that’s smart

[@xh3598]

Among the four major sports in the United States, baseball is arguably the most mentally challenging and demanding. The mental demands stem largely from the significant amount of downtime compared to other sports, providing players ample opportunity to think, which can often lead to tension, pressure, and anxiety. Baseball is a thinking man's game that requires patience, preparation, and the ability to adjust on the fly. As Hall-of-Famer Yogi Berra famously said, 'Baseball is 90% mental. The other half is physical. How on earth is Shohei Ohtani able to accomplish so much that required his full attention and time to GAMBLE. Gambling effect the mind.

[@sweetpunze25]

Rob has 100% always want ohtani to fail so he is eating this up big time! Gamblers are money hungry and greedy. That is NOT ohtani! The reasonable reason is that Ohtani is a good friend and ippe doesn't want ohtani to get involved.

[@Axecarter91]

Sending money to illegal gambling operation is against the MLB rules no matter what the story is

[@sirjer73]

Wow i never heard of that Pat Croce brother stealing from the 6ers players.

[@dalinadanergy1432]

We should all leave Ippie rest in Peace , so that Ohtani can go ahead....

[@omgbygollywow]

Rob always disliked Ohtani. Ohtani is not the right color or nationality, in Rob's mind.

[@Jbird-sx4zk]

I actually wouldn't be surprised if Sports Media as a whole tries to cover up or control the narrative of this in Ohtani's favor along with MLB, the Dodgers, etc.. A lot of money and powerful people behind Ohtani, and you don't even know if the government will be honest the rest of the way with Ohtani involved. Hopefully they are. I don't wish ill towards Ohtani, but you hope he and the interpreter are held accountable like a normal citizen. Not a good day for MLB though, pretty shocking overall. My concern is the interpreter was betting on MLB games. And want to give Ohtani benefit of the doubt, but maybe he has issues we wouldn't think he would have.

[@azcardguy7825]

Of course they are…. They’re already covering it up. Nothing will happen to Ohtani.

[@tootspogsforever5590]

It's the interpreter's fault. Nothing more, nothing less the most important question is: why would Shotime throw away his career to bet on games in the US for scraps of dough when he's earning almost $50 million in commercial endorsements alone and will be set for life after the next 20 years playing his most beloved sport dearly and also knows the negative consequences of illegal betting in California????😊

[@Narikvp]

There is no logic to shovel being involved in the betting himself. He wouldn’t have racked up the debt, he would have paid that money with the massive dough he has been making. He already made some cash before the dodgers deal, so he would have been good for small payments over time. This 4.5 million dollar payment lump sum is ludicrous for ohtani to allow if he was betting himself.

[@Jbird-sx4zk]

@@tootspogsforever5590 Why would the interpreter say Ohtani paid off his debt on ESPN, and then the next day everything changes? Maybe the interpreter made it all up? But it seems all pretty fishy.

[@qfbaby22]

The producer keeps saying he did nothing wrong by placing bets…yes you can bet on other sports as a professional athlete BUT NOT THROUGH A BOOKIE. It would have to be out of California (as he said) and on a legal gambling platform. That’s why ohtanis lawyers made the interpreter say his original story was a lie.

[@suika197]

Ohtani doesn't gamble because he's not interested in money. Ohtani helped ippei, he paid off ippei debt.

[@bigcockedman714]

but sending money in your name to a bookie where gambling is illegal is pretty bad lol

[@trevorcarey3997]

Ohtani was never involved in what Ippie did.

[@anthonytaylor7928]

Ok then he just in.the baseball profession for Free?? It frickin amazes me when someone can just speak on another human being and say they are not about the money dude please

[@azcardguy7825]

He did a kind thing but it was also an illegal thing. That’s why his attorneys are changing the story and throwing his buddy under the bus

[@SergioFernandez-cj4mt]

The ‘I didn’t know it was illegal’ excuse doesn’t protect u in court 🤦🏻

[@tomriddle8699]

Com on ppl let's be real here. Do we believe a guy from Japan making $50+ mill off endorsements more than his mlb salary at the time placed a bet on Michigan winning cfp? Or do we believe a translator from Diamond bar, CA placed bets on ncaaf, nfl, nba, soccer?

[@jasonrobbins4001]

When they asked him why he chose LA and he said Bets he wasn't talking about Mookie

[@aswerty911]

8:00 LOL, if he was a competent bookie who was worth his salt, he wouldn't be under federal investigation

[@Matt-cr4vv]

In theory it would seem possible to have had the interpreter, who evidently become a close friend, placing his bets by proxy but there wouldn’t be a point doing that since the money was wired directly from Ohtanis account to the bookies associate. I would at least hope for smarter than that. Ohtani suing the dents for a close friend with a problem to get him out of a tight spot could make sense with it being a bookie. Who knows what terms the debt must have been at and I could see a bookie extending the credit knowing how close he is to Ohtani and he’d collect by blackmailing the interpreter which would probably be effective because even with zero ties at all Ohtani and his camp aren’t going to want that association being public when it involves somebody so close to Ohtani. And the initial explanation for why Ohtani paid the associate was because he didn’t trust his friend not to gamble the money and that also would make sense if he truly was addicted and may not have appreciated the legal issues to clear it with lawyers. That wouldn’t shock me if you look at how they’ve fumbled their response to this. Before they addressed anything they should have hammered it out with his lawyers but obviously they didn’t seeing his spokesperson throw the interpreter to tell all about it, immediately disavow all he’d said and point to the lawyers who then say it was a theft. And then the interpreter recanting all he said and claiming Ohtani never knew the gambling debts and hadn’t sent the money. Who knows what it truly was but based on what’s happened it makes the most sense that he paid his debts and then the legal team flipped it and made him recant because sending the money was still an issue and since the interpreter will go down either way he’s probably willing to take the full fault, Ohtani not press charges or push for anything, and get by without much of a penalty and protect Ohtani. But who even knows at this point - just what seems most logical of things as they stand until another bomb comes.

[@blazinasian215]

Brou just be flossing his teeth on the camera 😂

[@richardsforum6354]

Ohtani is no Angel...

[@tootspogsforever5590]

Cuz he's with the Dodgers??!😃

[@Tre-g6i]

@@tootspogsforever5590you didn’t catch the play on words? Angel as in the team and the literal Angel.

[@tootspogsforever5590]

@user-px9hp2hb4i I know bro... I was just playing around. 😀

[@lapu1602]

Ohtani is THE artful dodger

[@umbreonpokemon8190]

Why is the dude down millions then betting? Was he betting on the Angels everyday? lmao

[@soulblack621]

Otani is involved...all these theft stories are complete fabrication...the guy needs to be banned from the sport.

[@angelmatos9143]

The stench of our hypocrisy is unbearable. We constantly promote gambling like it's Black Friday & Christmas and then we act 'shocked'. 😎

[@DarthPicarat]

Ohtani is just too nice, got tricked by this guy.

[@trevorcarey3997]

Ohtani was never involved in what Ippie did.

[@anthonytaylor7928]

U know him personally?

[@azcardguy7825]

@@trevorcarey3997yes he was. To what extent, we’ll never know. You can’t just keep saying he isn’t involved though…. It’s his money… his bank account… he’s all over this.

[@haroldbailey9011]

Are you that gullible 😂😂😂

[@taze27]

​@@anthonytaylor7928 do u?

[@Donniedangerously]

MLB CBA forbids illegal betting . For any sports, not just baseball. That’s the problem

[@andrewsimckes5748]

The MGM says he doesn't owe them the money that it was a lie

[@lapu1602]

Just think if Ohtani’s personal account had win-deposits from the bookie ? 😂 game over

[@romanc.5074]

BS, he knew it.

[@omgbygollywow]

Yeah, I am sure he knew it. But he was trying to help out a friend. He just didn't know it had to do with illegal gambling and the ramifications of his actions. He believe he was and is naive to anything having to do with gambling, legal or otherwise. I have lived in the United States for almost 60 years and I didn't know all this stuff, either. I think Shoehei doesn't know a lick about gambling.

[@marcomcdowell8861]

There's a reason why athletes don't do network interviews anymore. Automatic conviction on sports talk before the entire story has been sussed out. No one is on foot investigating, they get emails, speculation and try to put 2 and 5 together to make one.

[@patrickpitamber]

Problem with sports is rich clubs but the top players and 95 percent of the other teams can't compete

[@pretidre]

Didn't the casino say that Bruno didn't have a gambling debt with them?

[@javiermori1710]

What are they gonna say? Our superstar talent has massive gambling problem? Of course they deny it. Total PR 101.

[@freetheworld2671]

They're lying.

[@javiermori1710]

@@freetheworld2671 of course they are why would they admit and in turn piss off Mars team and mgmt. Hes bringin them massive PR and revenue and im sure they love it that hes blowing millions on slots at their properties. They would be foolish to admit it.

[@edubois31]

Legalized gambling was a terrible idea. In general. In this case Ohtani got in this due to ILLEGAL gambling in CA. Late stage capitalism stinks.

[@hugofranco4778]

the interpreter is going pay for Otani and the mlb is going to be happy

[@iiRolltide]

It’s so funny how many people are saying “he didn’t know the rules” dude is damn near 30 years old. He knew the rules. It’s like some people think cause he don’t speak English he must be dumb or something. I’m sure they translated the rules for him lol

[@jocekhiy626]

If bruno makes that 90 million for the casino who leaked his gambling total to the media? At first i heard a high roller witnessed him losing hella money at one of the tables. Then I heard on the news that mgm said he doesnt owe all that so idk .

[@jerrygarcia4390]

That’s a lot of $$$

[@Rome_22]

Greatest sports show! ✌🏾

[@Qui8tstorm1983]

How does an interpreter even have access to Ohtani's money? Unless dude has a CPA why does he have that type of access to his money. No bookie is going to give that much line of credit without knowing they can cover it. Either the interpreter was using Ohtani's name to get a big line of credit or he was placing bets for Ohtani. It's just hard for me to believe the guy was stealing. Sounds like he may be the fall guy.

[@Captain_Neckbeard]

Ohtani is a gambling addict. He'll be broke, one day.

[@heathenhawk853]

He pays the bill for His Friend then gets told by His Lawyers it is illegal so they throw the Interpreter under the bus, I condensed everything to take the Loch Ness Monster , Sasquatch and Ohtani didn't know anything and got stolen from out to present reality

[@muggy2780]

💯

[@lapu1602]

His mistake may have been paying the debt with a wire transfer. Should’ve just given Ippei the 4.5M

[@SHUB281]

Ohtani should be suspended until the investigation is complete. You know, like they did Bauer.

[@keisukeyoshida2839]

I’m Japanese and I agree

[@jasonlewis1926]

Only problem: Bauer is white…

[@wilcee238]

@jasonlewis1926 Right. White people have notoriously been oppressed. Cool story lady.

[@slipnorris5882]

scapegoat fall guy got fired

[@dro8031]

How does your interpreter swindle so much of your goddamn money??? How does he have access??? Literally the guy that translates for you. Either A. Shohei in on the racket or B. Shohei is mentally incapacitated.

[@ssjj005]

How does this work? Just because Ippei is interpreter of Ohtani, the bookmaker let Ippei borrow $5M??? It more looks like Ohtani was betting and Ippei was the fall guy no?

[@donaldchesser157]

Speculation is cool until it's LeBalco

[@ctbcardinal]

If you are a conspiracy theorist… this is a mock to all of us normal people who aren’t making the money he is… this is something created to talk about when sports is on its decline of any real sports news… I.e the summer time, and just a flat out mockery

[@tempe1d]

Sometimes smoke is dust someone is kicking to get attention as if its a fire. Ppl lie

[@yumitokushige8486]

I'm not sure about what's what regarding gambles but it's been said that the Japanese men tend to be extremely "addicted" to gambling. So gambling is rather discouraged in Japan. The interpreter must've found the American market extremely enjoyable. Being interpreter never seems to be attractive to me. Whatever. All about F money.

[@ebluemagick]

Baseball's purist holier than thou attitude doesnt help with this. Amd still Pete Rose isnt in the hall of fame

[@MaverickTomcat69]

PARKER SMOKING KRACK!

[@mikekinsella2822]

Seems like every 30 to 50 yrs baseball has a gambling conspiracy to deal with.

[@DavidTorres.24]

Rob’s always on the wrong side of history 😂😂😂

[@omgbygollywow]

Rob sees life through colored glasses.

[@karenturner8436]

An international opening v a domestic opening.

[@tempe1d]

Journalism is telling the story as accurately as possible. Journalism isnt being investigators. Reporters are ppl who failed to get a job as detective, or with the fbi. Smh

[@David-is1sb]

What's the problem it's my buddy I got your back here 4.5 million it's on me

[@robertrussell2166]

Get a life guys. You need to stop crying that Ohtani didn’t sign go to your team

[@langlang420]

@robertrussell2166 And you need to stop making excuses for your shiny new Jap import. The amount of money involved should tell any reasonable sane person the dude with the money was either making the bets or had agreed to fully cover them. You have to betting heavy, heavy money to get to that amount, no bookie is letting some low level dude have that much rope. They wanna keep their new "face of baseball" clean so old dude was made to take the fall. AND HOW COME A MF THAT'S BEEN HERE AS LONG AS HE HAS STILL CAN'T SPEAK THE LANGUAGE???

[@el_puma_real]

How does one fail to notice millions of dollars leaving your bank account? 🤔

[@TheOaklandRaiders1960]

Not trying to be racist we're all a statistic is some way but gambling addictions amongst Asians has always been high.

[@Dre2Dee2]

FACTS, they're crazy addicted

[@Yo_LBC13]

anything starting with "Not trying to be Racist" I know its wild read 😂

[@Cahluvca]

​@@Yo_LBC13😂

[@TheOaklandRaiders1960]

@@Yo_LBC13 🤣yep

[@omgbygollywow]

Not trying to be racist, but then succeeded in making a racist comment. LOL!

[@matttirado1341]

If you watch Ohtanis GQ video and know his story you know he’s not going to spend money on gambling personally

[@ssjj005]

How does this work? Just because Ippei is interpreter of Ohtani, the bookmaker let Ippei borrow $5M??? It more looks like Ohtani was betting and Ippei was the fall guy no?

[@STG44tiger]

This show rocks!

[@arthurbb8937]

I love Broussard and I know this is a radio show but you're still on TV. Does he really need to pick his teeth on every single broadcast?

[@arkangelarkangel1302]

Ohtani will get investigated its happening 😂😅 2024 Pete Rose.

[@seantyler7401]

Fall guy for sure

[@Landis_Grant]

The humiliating part is this scandal was uncovered in South Korea where Japanese people are reviled.

[@lbonds362]

Rob wants Otani To be taken down a notch so bad throwing out these what if’s…….if this was Aaron Judge he wouldn’t be making this big of a deal

[@simondaughtry4619]

I predict nothing will come of this scandal and I'll lay -150 on it...

[@russvladimir1281]

even if ohtani is somehow involved, what does it matter? are athletes not allowed to gamble on other sports like soccer and football? jordan was a compulsive gambler during his playing career and the NBA made sure to cover for him best they can.

[@atlien1988]

Last, I checked gambling itself isn't illegal (well in most states). Jordan didn't gamble on the game so WHO CARES (including Ohtani).

[@susantownsend8397]

The bets were with a gambling operation that is illegal in California. That is expressly prohibited by MLB, in addition to being a crime.

[@BeastMode-zo6yy]

Bro, this guy (interpreter) could have had scout reports, who was injured, who wasn’t going to play, etc. he probably bet on base on information he had because he was the interpreter. It is a big deal, because Ohtani if he’s involved could be ban from baseball.

[@TelpPov]

Illegal gambling ring, that's the problem.

[@TelpPov]

@@BeastMode-zo6yy so far record shows they didn't bet on baseball. They raided the house last October. It's been under investigation for a while.

[@AdautoVasquez]

Keep reaching Rob hater Parker

[@Ksmoove0824]

Everything about this story seems off, most likely we are not being told everything and probably will never know, and is Shohei involved someway. Somehow I hope not, at the same time scapegoat translator may be in a world of hurt. He needs prayer.

[@Chuckywb]

Rob been a dodger hater, he the same way who last year said the padres will run the nl west😂😂😂😂😂

[@donaldchesser157]

Well hey I can see LeBron with balco then. 😂😂😂😂

[@tommywingate7186]

I wish the media could investigate and report some facts instead of these two blathering on with little information. 10:39

[@dek779]

The story changed way too fast. Otani bet on baseball and it will be covered up.