shohei ohtani alert

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/shohei-ohtani-gambling-scandal-interpreter-ippei-mizuhara-to-plead-guilty-faces-up-to-33-years-in-prison/

Mizuhara, described by the Attorney's Office as Ohtani's "de facto manager," will plead guilty to one count of bank fraud and one count of subscribing to a false tax return at an arraignment scheduled for May 14. He faces a maximum sentence of 33 years in prison, five years of supervised release and a fine of $1,250,000.

The 39-year-old former interpreter will be required to pay full restitution to his victims, which includes $16,975,010 to Victim A, Ohtani, and $1,149,400 to the IRS.

As well as the millions siphoned out of Ohtani's account to pay off gambling debt, Mizuhara also bought $325,000 worth of baseball cards on eBay and other online resellers in order to flip them and profit himself. In September 2023, Ohtani agreed to pay for Mizuhara's $60,000 dental work and provided him with a check. Instead, according to prosecutors, Mizuhara paid the bill with Ohtani's debit card and deposited the check into his personal account.

Mizuhara also admitted to falsely reporting his taxable income on his IRS tax returns in 2022, resulting in the tax fraud charge. According to the plea deal, Mizuhara falsely claimed he was single when he was in fact married and failed to report additional income of $4,100,000 that year.

Not a good day to be an ippei-stan

In September 2023, Ohtani agreed to pay for Mizuhara's $60,000 dental work and provided him with a check.

POV scant minutes after you took the over AND the spread:

https://streamable.com/jnpw0y

#freeippei

First walk-off hit as a Dodger yesterday ... and his first walk-off in four years? I know the Angels were a bad team when he played there (if you're not winning, you're not getting walk-off hits) but that's still a surprising non-stat.

Not sure if this was noted in the New Yorker thread:

https://i.postimg.cc/2S7VvbLc/shohei.jpg

(Nothing inside that I can see.)

cmon whaaat

The worst part is, he doesn't even look anything like that

Pure disrespect for his running game

cmon whaaat

You disapprove? A Pinterest page suggests they've done around 25 baseball covers, most of a general nature. Seems like quite an honour--artists do mess around with details. All that's missing is a Roger Angell piece inside.

Well it suggests he bets on games, which seems borderline libellous

Oh, god, I totally missed that!

I guess you could be charitable and take that as "makes a lot of money"...but you're almost certainly right.

(If they ever got sued, I bet that'd be their defense, though. "Gambling? How so...")

took that as pocket ripe for picking/his focus is on the game

That's a nice interpretation. I say we go with that

hmm maybe

(I didn't see it as particularly libellous, more an illustration on how shohei's game and the fat stacks of cash surrounding that game are insepperable; ippei-gate just being one product of that)

But Bulb's phrasing for simple and pointed.

I honestly just thought it was a cute New Yorker cover on how he is well paid. Never thought of the others but now it's ambiguous.

Shohei, be careful of your money!

I thought it was a comment on his un-deferred salary (pocket-change) because he is anti-tax.

#freeippei

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-05-22/dodgers-star-shohei-ohtani-buys-la-canada-flintridge-mansion-for-7-85-million

I think he's making more than 2 million a year

more pics here https://www.realtor.com/news/celebrity-real-estate/shohei-ohtani-buys-southern-california-mansion/

i feel like it's surprisingly modest?