Ippei fired by Dodgers after being accused of theft by Ohtani’s attorney’s

[cals]

4 minutes ago, budice0 said:

 

Ha ha, Ohtani is going down.

[budice0]

Remember the $700M is deferred, so he's living off what he has.

$4.5M is only one of more transfers.

Of course Angels don't notice anything illegal these days (city corruption, drugs)

[T.G.]

I need to take a crash course in Japanese. Any suggestions?  Rosetta Stone?  I think there may be a job opportunity.

[AngelsLakersFan]

So it sounds like Ohtani's name got caught up in a gambling investigation that the LA Times learned about. They reached out to Ohtani's team for a response, and they threw Ippei under the bus...

[T.G.]

That ESPN article is a must-read.

[AngelsLakersFan]

3 minutes ago, cals said:

Ha ha, Ohtani is going down.

[m0nkey]

"I want everyone to know Shohei had zero involvement in betting. I want people to know I did not know this was illegal. I learned my lesson the hard way. I will never do sports betting ever again."

 

Yeah sure Ippei, rack up at least $4.5 million in losses and that's the point where you learn your lesson

[jsnpritchett]

9 minutes ago, ScottM said:

4.5 million directly from Ohtani's bank account: https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/39768770/dodgers-shohei-ohtani-interpreter-fired-theft 

Wow, this is batshit crazy once you read all the details.  Ippei completely changed his story.  Lol.

[cals]

Just now, AngelsLakersFan said:

So it sounds like Ohtani's name got caught up in a gambling investigation that the LA Times learned about. They reached out to Ohtani's team for a response, and they threw Ippei under the bus...

 

33 minutes ago, cals said:

$100 says it's Ohtani and they're throwing Ippei under the bus as a scapegoat. 

When will you people start listening to me?

[T.G.]

Just now, AngelsLakersFan said:

So it sounds like Ohtani's name got caught up in a gambling investigation that the LA Times learned about. They reached out to Ohtani's team for a response, and they threw Ippei under the bus...

Ippei changed his story.... First he said Ohtani wired the money to cover the debt and then when Ohtani's team denied that, he retracted his statement.  Sketchy.

[Chuck]

 

[ScottM]

Ippei admitted to multiple felonies in the ESPN interview and implicated Ohtani in a criminal conspiracy. This is going to absolutely blow up.

[AngelsLakersFan]

1 minute ago, cals said:

 

When will you people start listening to me?

I'm the only one who listens to you

[tdawg87]

[Duren, Duren]

This is really part of a much bigger issue. Gambling has taken over so much of sports. But it's become normalized because of how over saturated it has become. And the willingness of sports institutions to grovel for money. 

In world soccer it's been ongoing for decades. Now North American sports are the latest to be inundated and controlled in subtle ways.

Stadiums named for gambling concerns. Unending advertising and sponsorship in all media and directly connected to certainly teams in various ways. Some of the biggest icons in all sports shilling for specific operations. Montana, Gretzky, and so many more.

Normalizing it seeps into the mindset of youngsters and the naive. 

Whatever happened here, you can be sure Ohtani will be protected. He's the icon of the sport and the biggest draw. 

There is no Judge Landis entrusted with fighting gambling concerns. And there is no Shoeless Joe Jackson and his under paid simple minded team mates. 

Even assuming the likelihood that Ohtani is not involved, it opens up lots of questions into his private life. Which his handlers and scores of lawyers and PR people will vigorously protect. 

Even if it's all on Ippei and he turns out to be guilty of various crimes it pulls back the curtain a little on the behind the scenes ways that gambling has infiltrated into even the world of the most private athlete. 

And no doubt the Dodger organization will try to shift any peripheral responsibility to the Angels. 

[nando714]

Ohtani was betting on MACtion games 

big Toledo guy 

[m0nkey]

5 minutes ago, cals said:

 

When will you people start listening to me?

I also have always listened to the wisdom you share here.

[UndertheHalo]

Someone put Ohtani on suicide watch 

[tdawg87]

I mean there's no fucking way Ohtani didn't know about this. Like, come on. 

Manfred gonna try so hard to sweep this under the rug.

[ScottM]

This is called credit card "miscoding" and it's a key part of proving fraud. Ippei implicated Ohtani in this...

 

[Taylor]

10 minutes ago, cals said:

 

When will you people start listening to me?

In the secret chat room several of us are in, we all agreed with you.

[T.G.]

I blame the Angels... the Angel games were so boring last year, Ippei had to find an outlet.

[T.G.]

Just now, Taylor said:

In the secret chat room several of us are in, we all agreed with you.

Reported.

[angelsfan100]

wonder what the cope over at the latrine is at with this

[T.G.]

You gotta know when to hold 'em... know when to fold 'em...

Ohtani's new walk up song.