Ohtani's Interpreter Pleads Guilty, Stole $17 Million & Faces 30 Years In Prison | Pat McAfee Reacts

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[@revan5293]

This 30 for 30 is going to be so good

[@chandraray7798]

Don't blow it, keep it simple, count yo money.

[@Sbinnnala]

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[@scourge8097]

Yeah...this is like the Opiate epidemic unfolding ~25 years later and it's so much more obvious this time.

[@BellasSisterAlways]

Yeah who running Fandual. The real fraud..lol

[@stevnehutchisonjr7775]

Seatgeek, dicks, dudewipes. Close but no Cigar my friend

[@Fly-The-W]

So what lol?

[@scourge8097]

@@Fly-The-W Tell me you don't understand irony without...(you get the idea).

[@stevest8675]

Thank you Pat for clearing this subject. Respect!

[@benjaminhaglin7869]

Pat needs to get Jomboy Media on here!

[@benmecha01]

Must!

[@antonio-escobar-johnson-ii1139]

If I'm taking a fall for someone. The act stops at 30 years in prison.

[@_Swayin]

It was obvious from the start Ohtani was innocent but I'm glad the receipts and documentation of everything clears him of any wrong doing and if you still think he did anything related to gambling you're just forcing it for interactions lol

[@abe5296]

He was gambling on games you must be special

[@Shakazulu6.1]

Exactly. Tyler Glasnow said the team and he could tell right away Ippei was doing some shady stuff when the news came out. There are some stupid takes from people who don’t care enough to read the affidavit so these shows and news reports are good for Ohtani. It’s is amazing to see how Ohtani is handling the betrayal of a close friend quietly and performing on baseball field at highest level.

[@tmac1616]

Kind of a moron to believe Ohtani is completely innocent in this. His bank account isn’t large enough to the point where 17 million missing goes unnoticed. His big contract was deferred.

[@Shakazulu6.1]

@@tmac1616 Ohtani knew nothing. He mainly uses another account he set up for his endorsement earnings. Ippei stole from the account he helped to set up for Ohtani’s MLB earnings and Ohtani never logged in for nearly three years until Ippei’s confession. He thought his agent was managing the account so he never cared to check Ohtani sent all his money to his parents and chose to live in a team dormitory for years instead of a luxury apartment so he could have an easier access to training facilities. He spent only $200 from $1000 monthly allowance while he was making millions in Japan. He tried to defer his entire contract to help out the team but his agent stopped and said he can’t play baseball for free so decided to defer 97%. All these facts about Ohtani are famously know. He is hyper focused on baseball and Ippei took advantage of that.

[@Shakazulu6.1]

@@tmac1616 the affidavit explains everything. Actually it’s very detailed and UGLY. Ippei is a serious fraud.

[@SkidogMedia]

made 150k a year to just speak your normal language every once in a while and im assuming free travel , hotel, and food the whole time. what more could you want lol

[@BellasSisterAlways]

Yeah right

[@Idontagree1]

Plus $60k in dental he gave him, but ran off with the money instead. I’m sure there would’ve been many more benefits of being shohei’s employee.. dumbass fumbled the bag hard

[@stevest8675]

Agree. But actually the latest report say ippei made around 350k a year. Ippei is a greedy conman.

[@ahsokahaney]

They’re going to cut off and shave that bowl of a haircut Mizuhara has immediately when he arrives in prison

[@theunnecessaryninja5861]

5:43 Just want someone to look at me like Conman looks at Ty while he talks baseball

[@Awwwsnapshazzam]

Lmfao bro he was GAZING 🤣

[@SkidogMedia]

lmaooo

[@neilsaura-sacatropez9372]

There's no way the guy is taking a fall for someone if it means 30 years in prison

[@icyowens7853]

Ohtani has reached the status of legend that people will do anything to try to tear him down. Why do you want him to be involved so badly…?

[@abe5296]

Because he is how does one not notice millions gone nobody that's why he's guilty no doubt. And if he didn't notice dumbest Japanese man I've ever heard of no way he didn't know

[@AlexDrewsumin]

The Internet has ruined you man.

[@Th1sCantBeReal]

@@AlexDrewsumin the lack of self awareness lmao

[@864griz]

@@AlexDrewsumin if your whole mindset is “everyone is hiding something” you’re the one with brainrot😂😂

[@AlexDrewsumin]

@@864grizthat's an exaggeration and not my mind set. The whole everyone does it thing is an oxymoron. And is a silly argument. They're only talking about him because his translator stole money. So it's not thinking everyone is guilty. If it was anyone else they would do the same thing. But if you don't ask the questions than you're the moron.

[@HauntedHemo13]

Maaaaan all he had to do was not eff up lol what a job to have / ruin

[@tonyswe9463]

Ippei is an idiod.

[@aznpanda510x]

Dang, pocket 60K for this teeth.. I would’ve been so thankful

[@SoldierBoy3064]

you'll pay it back you'll make license plates for us 😅

[@BellasSisterAlways]

Yeah you will

[@rojoman1779]

Angels knew something was happening why they didn't try to resign him or speak up

[@silentazn89]

To all the trolls in the comments im glad Ohtani didn't claim insanity or mental health problems

[@noahbarney9653]

1:33 it’s actually a husband of someone on the Real Housewives of Orange County

[@briangriffith4574]

Whose husband?

[@LoganWard4621]

uh Pat it's actually 33 years in prison/jail which it would be until 2057 of when he will be released

[@JoshuaYuan36]

with parole and good behavior time its prolly 8 to 10 years

[@ho335o]

@@JoshuaYuan36 inmates in a federal prison on average, serve 85% of their sentence. Its a pretty long time

[@leetraviusmckay314]

Ippei better not get into debt with other inmates

[@stevest8675]

Ippei drop the soap. 😂

[@Liz-iz]

Ippei expected big income coming in when Ohtani signed dodgers but he deferred lol good that the ungrateful conman got caught.

[@stevest8675]

Agree. Ippei is a disgraceful conman.

[@valhallaoutcast]

best fall guy ever

[@Th1sCantBeReal]

How much tin foil you need to think someone could be paid off to face 30 years in prison when they're already rich? The FBI, IRS, DOJ and US Attorney are not on MLB's payroll, these departments' cooperation led to the official report which completely cleared Ohtani and unveiled details about Ippei's including his unrelated tax fraud and other dishonest escapades that clearly paint him as the lone culprit.

[@temjin44]

This is common in the Yakuza. Members actually earn more respect by serving time. Especially if they do it for someone of higher rank within the organization.

[@BossKillugh]

comon no one is doing 30 years for someone. Not even mob guys did thats why so many flipped

[@silentazn89]

@valhallaoutcast wanna be best troll ever

[@valhallaoutcast]

@@BossKillugh he will probably serve 5

[@LAChannel-py5ll]

The 37 page report by the Feds and the recent interview with IRS criminal dept conducted by ESPN says it all. The player is completely innocent. End of story. You have to be pretty biased or just plain stupid to think otherwise.

[@tmac1616]

So how much do you gotta make before you realize 17M is missing from your accounts?

[@山中宏行]

​@@tmac1616 What DOJ, IRS and Homeland Security say weighs a million times more than your mere opinion.

[@ho335o]

@@tmac1616 700mil

[@tmac1616]

@@ho335o his contract was deferred and 680 of it he won’t receive until 2033

[@ho335o]

@@tmac1616 that was a joke. Ippei was there to help Shohei setup his account. He has the info he would need to access it. If you don't suspect anything is wrong, you wouldn't look for anything. When you have close to 100mill in your account and you don't suspect anything it's easy to miss. How many streaming subscriptions do you have? Do you pay attention to every single dollar that you pay? It auto charges your account. Im also too lazy to cancel certain subscriptions

[@eazy.peezy1834]

Angels should be on the hook since they set up the translator for him.

[@oaktree1626]

No

[@_Swayin]

You can really tell who read the deposition and who didn't from some of these room temp iq takes in the comments lol stay off twitter for a while and touch grass.. It'll do you some good

[@jimmykim4555]

Just saw this related clip on Fox 11, he's most likely to be deported back to Japan after serving whatever his criminal sentence will be cause he's a greencard holder, not a U.S. citizen.

[@BellasSisterAlways]

All lies

[@jimmykim4555]

@@BellasSisterAlways …. If you’re not a U.S. citizen, if convicted of a crime you will be deported back to your native homeland!!! It’s in the federal code, read it.

[@tonyswe9463]

Ippei is a disgraceful human being

[@jimmykim4555]

@@BellasSisterAlways the translator is a green card holder and not a citizen of the United States!!!! You get convicted of a crime being a green card holder, you lose your green card and get sent back home, immigration law 101

[@tyrusmorissette3805]

In 30 years I’ll be about 50 and I’ll see it or hear it on the news and I hope I’m like “omg remember that big scandal when that guy stole 20 mil from shohei?? He out!”

[@jarraahsaad7506]

I thought that his mother controls his bank accounts 😅….

[@ph0_]

In Japan, not in the US. She doesnt live here so how would she have access

[@jarraahsaad7506]

@@ph0_ You don't have to be in the same city to have access to your bank account. We live in 2024

[@_Swayin]

@@jarraahsaad7506 you're actually a moron if you still at this point think Ohtani was doing anything malicious lol I cant tell if these comments are satire or not..

[@Shakazulu6.1]

@@jarraahsaad7506even she has access, she can’t understand English. I also think that the bank system would recognize the device Id registered in a foreign country and block the access. You would need to unlock it but hard without speaking English.

[@calebhoffman6368]

@@jarraahsaad7506people also have multiple bank accounts. Especially rich people

[@Piqueblinders11]

Something is not right about this. I feel like the player is involved

[@Gaming.Labs_GL]

The Interpreter is the fall guy in this case.

[@N0rq1]

@@Gaming.Labs_GL why would he ever accept to be the fall guy

[@NotaThing13]

Player probably is involved. This guy is an interpreter, but knew his bank information? millions moved but player was too focused on baseball to notice transactions? Best friends and jovial even after he admits to stealing 17 million? Yeah smells like fish but this show will side with the athlete regardless of how ridiculous it sounds.

[@carmelopearman5721]

Read the report

[@valhallaoutcast]

lol obviously banks and financial institutes dont let managers or best friends have access to your accounts

[@Crumlee959]

$17 million lost of someone else’s money gambling is wild. There’s gotta be more to this story..

[@stevenkaz28]

That's just what he lost. I want to know how much he wagered.

[@BellasSisterAlways]

This is all lies

[@SinclairSound]

Shohei probably has somewhere near 100 million (just based off of his endorsement deals in two countries) liquid assets right now split between multiple bank and brokerage accounts and denominated in at least two currencies. Now look at your situation. How many things do you set to autopay? How long would it take for you to notice if Netflix charged your double? Or if your insurance didn't cover what you thought they would and you copay was higher. The point being is that if you find it hard to keep track of less than 200k (just a probabilistic function), imagine what it would be like managing 500x that. Oh and by the way you need to do at least half of that business in Japanese. And be the best baseball player in the world while youre at it. It sounds improbable to you because you aren't doing any of those things, me and you have no idea what that world even looks like.

[@BossKillugh]

You obviously never met a gambling addict. They keep gambling thinking they can make their money back

[@kush2874]

true irs hired 50,000 more workers to screw middle class

[@lordsupasta]

Sean Casey is fuckin clueless. Only NOW can we focus on him being the best in the game? Not when he won the MVP?

[@kdev5415]

With all the legal pressure on him the guy probably didn't even get to sit down and sweat out a close bet ever. What's the point of sports betting if you're stressing over something other than someone's over/under. Truly a generational bag fumble by this dude. Learning Japanese in case Shohei needs someone to step up again

[@AFaceintheCrowd01]

He didn’t plead guilty. He agreed to plead guilty at a date to be determined.

[@KieshaReedy-c2h]

Rau Island

[@stratosfire1943]

He impersonated Ohtani ??? How similar do these guys look that people thought the scrawny accountant was the MLB superstar

[@TP-pq9xx]

If you don’t know what Ohtani looks like then it probably wouldn’t be difficult. Tim Lincecum and Bartolo Colon were MLB superstars also, it’s not really a sport that’s big on athleticism.

[@robertgordon7983]

Ohtani didn’t speak English when he came to America so he had to open bank accounts for him

[@nmc400]

Ippei had all of ohtanis info.

[@nmc400]

Pretty easy to take millions from someone swimming in atleast half a billion dollars and millions flowing in all the time. Ohtani has no reason to gamble. Hes a billionaire already and can litteraly buy his own franchise if he wants when he retires. Ohtani probs pays ippei well but not well enough ,as his gambling grew it became harder to hide his debts.

[@danielcarmichael4596]

@@TP-pq9xxr u kidding ? Lincecum was an athletic marvel

[@EthanHarris-of4sg]

Shhhhhhhoooooot can you take this fall? I know its gonna be the tough but better u than me

[@xxrkg8437]

I’m confused who did he steal the money from?

[@jasonmoore7223]

Shohei

[@AngelaHawkins-i7j]

Hickle Loaf

[@mr.sa7anserv606]

$60k in dental work alone sounds crazy. Ohtani should just date better looking guys to start with.

[@leggoego]

So what whats 16m to ohtani

[@SkidogMedia]

16m

[@dhaselby]

That was kind of quick wasnt it?

[@BradDietz]

Pat and Sean got their talking points handed down from ESPN. Just repeat the DOJ memo. Ohtani just loves baseball, he had no idea. This is kind of cringe.

[@FreddyJong-co6cb]

Bonza living the dream 😂😂😂😂😂❤❤🎉😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@CHRISK51497]

While I know Shohei Ohtani's interpreter has said that Ohtani knew nothing about the gambling & federal investigations have drawn the same conclusion I kinda feel like the interpreter taking the brunt of this was going to be the result either way. I say that because no matter whether that’s true or not I don’t see Shohei Ohtani a well-liked person & someone who’s making 700 million dollars facing any real repercussions for this especially since gambling is not the cursed word & or thing it once was. I will say though while I also know gambling is an addiction I can't get over how much money the interpreter Ippei Mizuhara lost which is 40 million dollars.

[@stevest8675]

The 37 page affidavit explains what happened. Thief.

[@Laboom-edits]

First agen

[@Guyver_Master]

This is not important. It is all about taxes.

[@randallwalker438]

Ohtani bet it. Dude took the blame. He won't go to prison. Ohtani won't press charges

[@山中宏行]

Wow, your literacy is in deep trouble.

[@ricky49ers33]

How you not know millions is missing

[@BellasSisterAlways]

Right??? Dumb

[@山中宏行]

Read the criminal complaint if you are literate.

[@SkidogMedia]

he didnt manage his money and was so rich he would just pull out his card to pay for things and know there was money there. plus not speaking english probably not easy for him to navigate the internet for his bank info or a phone app in america lol

[@BellasSisterAlways]

Good story!! Far fetch b.s. how dumb..lol

[@_Swayin]

@@BellasSisterAlways You're a moron lol

[@BroJ3221]

I mean to say that there couldn’t be a cover up because the FBI got involved in the case isn’t exactly credible lol it’s not like the FBI doesn’t have a few blemishes on the ol reputation

[@LAChannel-py5ll]

Not if the IRS criminal dept and the Homeland security fraud dept is involved simultaneously. Also, the fact that ESPN , which broke the story about the wire, has been dead silent about this is a good indication that they can’t find anything on the player either. Otherwise, they would be all over this to get more attention, if you know anything about journalism. The 37 Page report is pretty convincing, full of evidence. It’s more convincing than “ I have a hunch” or “ I am more qualified than the Feds because they make mistakes” type of justification.

[@stevest8675]

FBI, IRS, DOJ and homeland security were in the investigation. Ippei is a conman.

[@Prnto44]

Someone explain why someone couldn't be losing 17 mil

[@山中宏行]

It's all written in the criminal complaint if you happen to be literate.

[@philiphefner8917]

Everyone saying no fall guy is doing 30 years don’t know Japanese history very well

[@thet3504]

He ends up in Japan and not in jail

[@stevem3556]

He might as well have bet on baseball. Geez.

[@Ki11Th3mA11Kid]

Wild that someone can gamble away 17 MILLION dollars of someone elses money and for one. That person to not be aware that 17 million dollars is magically disappeared and 2 that this dude is so piss poor at gambling he just constantly lost everytime until the amount became so astronomically big its hard to comprehend... My question is how long could this have gone on befoee Ohtani noticed? At the 50 mil mark? 100 mil mark? 250 mil mark? Like my god whenever I lose 50$ gambling with my cousin on fantasy football leagues I get sick to my stomach over losing that little of money cause I be struggling outcha lol 😂

[@BellasSisterAlways]

Your pathetic!!

[@epicpancakemix]

Shohei and his wife didn’t notice 17 million gone? Really?

[@dominictrento8770]

All this happened right after he got married. I’m thinking she was the one who started looking into the books and was like 🚨🚨🚨 and informed Shohei.

[@山中宏行]

Are you literate? It's all written in the criminal complaint.

[@ceiosman5602]

Gambling propaganda

[@Andrew-wo7ng]

So pat sold out right?

[@a22509]

It’s California, getting off with 3 months probation

[@Nick-lz8ff]

Pete Rose needed an interpreter.

[@Gravy_Jones22]

I still only believe the original story. Gave Ippei the money, then found out that's illegal and changed the story.

[@山中宏行]

You feeling smarter than the federal investigators now?

[@mackenzieblair8135]

Falling on swords for your superiors is expected in Japanese culture.

[@FreddyJong-co6cb]

Fair dinkum unbelivable 😂😂😂😂❤❤😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ZEUS_God1]

Loyalty is concept so estranged that people in the west can’t conceive that someone would be willing to take the fall for someone else who would be willing to take care of their family. Y’all just understand how loyalty is perceived in other cultures.

[@donpeterson1165]

So what's up with these Dodgers why are they built like the Yankees? Magic Johnson awith all the money or what?

[@Sixsoul]

Pat is such a stooge these days. Bought and paid for. Hope it was worth it pat

[@bobthydead]

Hilarious that you use this statement as an insult when they put on the ticker that they are just a group of a stooges. Also, lol @ bought and paid for.

[@brianalex5083]

He’s up good you’re down horrendous lmao

[@Gaming.Labs_GL]

He's the fall guy.

[@leetraviusmckay314]

Ohtani listened to Cris Carter 😂

[@山中宏行]

Then go ahead and prove the federal investigators all wrong.

[@robertmontana648]

It's called..the fall guy..

[@山中宏行]

Have you read the criminal complaint? Your literacy is in deep trouble.

[@kenlynw]

I’m sure ohtani got him once he get out

[@papaburgundy4587]

These guys need to talk about Trevor Bauer

[@sandrabaumgardner2151]

I’m just glad I’m not the only one that think something is off about this whole thing

[@austinbutterfield5276]

I don’t know if it was Otani or his interpreter or maybe even another person, but we know that person was probably an Asian and I would just pass this advice along to that person. Maybe stick to Pai Gow and baseball, I don’t think sports betting is your thing 😂

[@TRIGGEREDHarambe]

idk, i call cap that ohtani knew nothing.

[@山中宏行]

Why don't you run your own investigation and prove the federal investigators all wrong?

[@marvinshenk]

This guy wont spend a day in jail. He'll get probation.

[@SkidogMedia]

doubt that he isnt rich and they dont mess around with bank fraud

[@blue22inthe412]

Totally covered up ohtani lol

[@山中宏行]

Your illiteracy exposed.

[@山中宏行]

Let's see if you're smart enough to prove the federal investigators wrong.

[@Canyon04]

If he doesn’t get banned does that mean Pete Rose is unbanned?

[@wolley2012]

Kinda sounds like a eating the sword scenario. Especially with his dodgers contract pushing alll the money way out.

[@thedirtygot9570]

Life goals…… find someone who will do 40 years for you

[@johnroth7938]

Babe Ruth had that skillet. He threw as hard as anyone in his time. So yes, we have seen it before.

[@LiabilityDiscourse]

Still fishy! A lot of rug sweeping but its nun my business lol

[@brosciencegutfeelings7058]

Taking it for Ohtani, what a sport…

[@山中宏行]

You can't even read the criminal complaint.

[@lebronjericho6008]

I heard ohtani was paying homeboys illegal gambling debt for him and had to say homie stole it cuz it’s hella illegal for ohtani to pay his gambling debt and could be suspended so here we are…

[@brianalex5083]

Where’d you hear that from? your imagination lmao

[@tylergeorge7468]

@@brianalex5083that was the original story that was given at the first press conference.. then it evolved into this

[@thekingofkingsrp]

MLB should be ashamed with what they have done to Trevor Bauer. The man is innocent and should have a job on any teams pitching staff. It is a disgrace. I wish he could bring some kind of legal action against them.

[@brianalex5083]

You on a completely different topic lmao

[@ohpeep3723]

Unsubscribed

[@SourPatch97]

No one cares

[@emiller355]

This prosecution happened way too quickly… Suspicious.

[@mikeclark7026]

It’s time for this guy to roll over on the cheater….. We all KNOW Otani bet. There is literally no other explanation

[@山中宏行]

Read the criminal complaint if you happen to be literate.

[@Schwizzzz]

So Ohtani is really THAT dumb

[@jacksongatlin5418]

Fall guy

[@jacksongatlin5418]

Do you remember the initial story that came out? Where Ohtani said he paid the debt for him? And then had to retract because that would mean he knew about it? If they told you the guy murdered someone you’d believe it you’re hopeless

[@Seen469]

Yeah shohei is definitely innocent lmao😂 I can’t even send 150$ without getting asked questions. He’s the fall guy as per reports from Stephen A. Not a reliable source but good enough

[@jacobball8422]

I do still feel like this man is taking the fall. It is a different culture. I'm just speculating but it feels too clean and tidy with a bow on it. But he probably just did it

[@silentazn89]

Lol white privilege don't work on shohei but yet he's innocent

[@BellasSisterAlways]

This is ALL LIES

[@山中宏行]

Yeah, go prove the Feds all wrong and let them know you're way smarter! Or even take their jobs!

[@quintonbackhand2519]

odd move to act like you guys have no suspicion of him being a fall guy.. Like yea maybe otani didnt do it but its fishy.

[@山中宏行]

Then all you have to do is prove the criminal complaint wrong.

[@groundhog5923]

BS. Fall guy so MLB can save their precious LA Dodgers international star.

[@山中宏行]

What the DOJ, IRS and Homeland Security say weighs a million times more than your mere opinion.

[@groundhog5923]

@@山中宏行 Right, because they are soooo trustworthy.🙄

[@tonyswe9463]

@@山中宏行, exactly

[@kcx1588x]

This fool ended up as a scape goat, just tell the damn truth or you'll be in prison for 30! This is a cover up BS!!

[@山中宏行]

Then all you have to do is prove the federal investigators wrong. Until then, Shohei Ohtani walks free and plays ball.

[@Ghypzy]

If it isn’t football or hockey it’s dogshit

[@j_dix89]

Fall guy

[@山中宏行]

Wow you feeling smarter than the federal investigators now?

[@j_dix89]

@@山中宏行 Yup