Shohei Ohtani's representatives have reached out to authorities requesting an investigation into an alleged "massive theft" at the expense of the Los Angeles Dodgers star, according to ESPN's Tisha Thompson.
That comes in the wake of over $4.5 million from Ohtani's bank accounts allegedly being wire-transferred to a bookmaking operation. A spokesperson for the star slugger and pitcher initially said that the wire transfer was done to cover the gambling debts of Ippei Mizuhara, Ohtani's longtime interpreter, which Mizuhara himself confirmed to ESPN.
But a spokesperson for Ohtani later denied Mizuhara's claims, and the interpreter also changed his accounting of the situation, saying Ohtani had no knowledge of his gambling debts and didn't have any involvement in the situation.