Los Angeles Dodgers fire Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter, who is accused of gambling, stealing from MLB star
Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter and close friend has been fired by the Los Angeles Dodgers following allegations of illegal gambling and theft from the Japanese baseball star.
Sports gambling is illegal in California, even as 38 states and the District of Columbia allow some form of it. On Tuesday, Mizuhara told ESPN that his bets were on international soccer, the NBA, the NFL and college football. MLB rules prohibit players and team employees from wagering – even legally – on baseball and also ban betting on other sports with illegal or offshore bookmakers.
After Ohtani signed with the Angels in 2017, the team hired Mizuhara to work as his personal interpreter. ESPN said Mizuhara told the outlet this week he has been paid between US$300,000 and US$500,000 annually. “I’m terrible . Never going to do it again. Never won any money,” Mizuhara said. “I mean, I dug myself a hole and it kept on getting bigger, and it meant I had to bet bigger to get out of it and just kept on losing. It’s like a snowball effect.”
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