ESPN’s Tisha Thompson Breaks Down the Shohei Ohtani Gambling Scandal Timeline | The Rich Eisen Show 

This woman Trisha without credibility is a no name jounalist should be sued to try and ruin Shohei by printing two misinformation statements giving by Ippei whose a known liar without checking the facts.

This woman tisha without credibility is a no name jounalist should be sued to try and ruin Shohei by printing two misinformation statements giving by Ippei whose a known liar without checking the facts.

@@trevorcarey3997 I heard that when Otani returned to the hotel and all Ippei's lies were made clear, the public relations asked her not to post articles. Of course. It will be the spread of false information. Is it okay for a journalist to do this? Also, Eisen calls this woman as a guest and earns a view by commenting arrogantly with a half-hearted understanding of the time series. Aren't Tisha and Eisen aware that they are trying to destroy people's lives and honor?

Called reporting ​@@B.B.P

@@arley2246 If you can understand what your ears and IQ are in chronological order, you will understand that this is a report that Ohtani mentioned in the press conference. So, next is "Ohtani is lying"?

facts

Either way he technically broke the CBA by associating with a known bookmaker. No way a bookie extends 4.5mm+ to an interpreter making 300-400K though. He definitely knew the account was backed by Ohtani. That said, he won't be suspended because he's worth too much $$$ to MLB, especially internationally. He'll get a fine at worst but no suspension

Lol Shohei’s married already bruh

Thank you

The talk later at the hotel was Ippei's last ditch effort asking Shohei to go along with Ippei's story of him covering his debts. Shohei immediately refused and called his management, lawyer to that room and made it perfectly clear what the situation was. So Ippei corrected his story.

This. And I’ll also say espn is a bit irresponsible for not having the common sense to completely vet this story before running something they had to have known would blow up Ohtani’s reputation. And they’re downright unethical for not going back and clarifying to everyone now that, if what Ohtani is claiming is true, they def fucked up by giving Mizuhara the opportunity to speak first

This woman without credibility is a no name jounalist should be sued to try and ruin Shohei by printing two misinformation statements giving by Ippei whose a known liar without checking the facts.

I've been saying this all along. I really think Ippei was gatekeeping Shohei. Ippei wasn't telling Shohei everything that was going on, and Ippei wasn't telling the dodgers/angels everything. They took Ippei's word for it bc he had been with Shohei for so long, he was Shohei's right hand man, and because of the language barrier. I would love to hear Shohei's agent timeline of events.

If these reporters found something They should have went to Ohtani to get his side of the story If they took time to verify whose name was in the account and the proper legal name they should have checked to see who had signing authority on the account. Verified who had a history of gambling Knowing this was a charity account which would have had the most scrutiny of all Ohtani’s accounts they should have asked why the payments were being made out of this account . And why wire transfers instead of cash etc etc etc

No one wants him to fail at all. Only you said that. You are like the Pacquiao haters that want Manny to fail in boxing and in life

The only thing we do not want is him getting hurt again especially with Tommy John

@@SixerIverson04 Try reading what I said again. I don't think you comprehend what I said

Ohtani rarely does interviews and would NEVER have spoke to ESPN. This reporter was smart and caught them lying

@@Macattack11639you’re crazy if you think she’s smart. Because Ohtani should have been there how can you have a hour and a Half conversation with someone on somebody else’s behalf when that subject isn’t even there. You’ll see soon that it doesn’t matter what ippei said because he made up the lie to begin with.

​@@jayruiz4249plausible deniability mate

@@jayruiz4249 Ohtani payed the bookie. That’s the most logical explanation. And that something Ohtani would do. Every other explanation doesn’t pass the smell test.

ESPN is asking to be sued imo

fake Japanese account lol

Seriously??!! NOBODY is turning down that interview!

​@@toddsalkowski448you're at risk of spreading misinformation. Unless it comes from ohtani's mouth it's not accurate. It sounds fishy

@@johnsonjohnson2633 I see your point, however, this reporter already has a lot of information and sources relating to this story. It would be ridiculous for her to NOT interview the man closest to Ohtani to hear his side.

@@johnsonjohnson2633what Ohtani’s camp and lawyers are doing is sooooo fishy. It’s all going to be exposed and it won’t look good for Ohtani when the FBI is done with its investigation

And just how is he clearly not guilty??

Apologize for what? Ohtani name on the wire transfer. Ohtani doesn’t speak English. So they spoke to his interpreter. Interpreter lied. Period.

@@Macattack11639 　Because she subjected him to media harassment.

Japanese media is heavily biased and can't be trusted, especially when a Japanese national is involved.

@@suika197 Media Harassment? When? Where? He wired 4.5 million dollars to a bookie and the media is trying to get to the bottom of it. Ohtani seems to be free to go about and play baseball and he voluntarily had a press conference. He doesn't seem to be harassed at all.

Lying is coming for addicts. But Ippei has documented long history of gambling even in Japan which the fighters staff knew. He also went out on Poker nights with Angels teammates which Ohtani never went, instead Ohtani went home to sleep. It was in one of those poker nights that he met this bookie.

Exactly. Ippei is a pathological liar.

Exactly. And Ippei is a known liar.

Ohtani’s camp set up the interview

Mizuhara was Ohtani’s camp Until he was fired after this interview It’s ironic the same people who think this guy was just a interpreter Are the same people who have no problems in their interviewing the interpreter without the persons whose name is in the account

Interesting If these reporters found something They should have went to Ohtani to get his side of the story If they took time to verify whose name was in the account and the proper legal name they should have checked to see who had signing authority on the account. Verified who had a history of gambling Knowing this was a charity account which would have had the most scrutiny of all Ohtani’s accounts they should have asked why the payments were being made out of this account . And why wire transfers instead of cash etc etc etc

Who said that they believed him either way? They only listened to and reported his story. They said this is what he said. Not that it was the truth or not.

Whereas you only believe the *second* story told by the man you describe as a "criminal" with a "mendaciousness for a gamble dependency" because it matches up with the version that you've decided is true despite zero actual evidence to support it?

Yet you lean towards a story of a high profile guy who gambles which we never heard about him doing even though we know he gave all his money in Japan to his mommy and got a 1000 a month allowance which he didn’t spend

Nothing that Tisha Thompson said (ESPN reporter) indicates she believes him at all. In fact, she and Rich (and most everybody else) are still digging because they DON"T believe- at least that they are being totally candid. I don't know who you come up with the assumption that just because ESPN interviews the interpreter,- that means they believe him.

You are coping. There is no way that the bookie would have given some random translator millions of dollars of credit. If he didn't know that show hey was backing him from the beginning

So he had NO IDEA nearly $5 million vanished from his account?? And none of his financial advisors had a clue? Pretty dubious.

You’re definitely a dodger fan! 😂

Ok lol 😂

Agree

That is naiveness talking

Ohtani didn’t even know about the interviews. Ippei didn’t tell him.

@@chu1402 ohtani's team are who set up the interviews...

Think Ippei knowing the story was coming out, he wanted to have his version first. A version he changed first he said to the management it was for a friend, then he admitted it was for himself. I’m sure the bookie extended credit because Ippei had said Ohtani will be guarantee this.

Ippei lied to his spokesperson that he had explained everything to Shohei. Because he didn't want Shohei to find out. At the same time, Ippei first lied that he took over Otani's other friend's debt. In the interrogation from the agent, he confessed the next day that it was a lie. At the time of this discovery of this lie, the agent should have scrutinized the facts with another interpreter Will Ireton in between. Even after the lie was discovered, he left Shohei's interpreter to Ippei until he confessed in front of everyone in the locker room. It's a terrible blunder. In addition, even the confession in the locker room was a lie to Otani. Ippei lied in front of everyone that Shohei paid off his debt. The team made Ippei confess because they thought the story was true. Characteristics of patients with gambling addiction. Withdrew the lie with a lie, he hid to someone else that he lied to someone. And he lied again.

@@mirikaku5811 up till a few days ago Ohtanis “team” was Ippei. Follow the timeline before making accusations.

Thank you. This was the best comment on this story.

Okie dokie 😂😂😂😂😂😂

Trevor = ohtani 🥜 rider

@@kaxmellerman7528Trevor acting like he’s an inside reporter 😂

Exactly. Ippei has a history of lying. A liar and a gambling addict.

一平さんの１度目の９０分インタビューの時、ESPNは裏どり取材を一切せず、事実として報道した。ESPNの責任は大きい。

That's the thing. Why would they trust what Ippei says? He's the one under investigation. lol

Agree

It seems pretty obv to me they asked Ippei once the espn inquiries started coming in, thinking Ippei would get the story from Ohtani, and then Ippei became the tainted middleman for all the info during that 24-36 hours before he was fired. The Ohtani camp had no reason to suspect Ippei at that time. If anything, they were probably all assuming Ohtani did make bets and when Ippei told them his version of events, they were probably thrilled that they could say to the media “it wasn’t Shohei”

According to Ohtani’s press conference, Ippei basically told the crisis team that Ohtani agreed to have Ippei clarify with Trisha about the wires with Ohtani’s name on it, and the story Ippei told the crisis team was that Ohtani was paid the money to cover debt for someone, but did not say it was actually Ippei. Now I think it was extremely short sighted of Ippei to do that, foolish even, to think that he could smooth this over without Shohei finding out. And then having the change the story the very next day. So I do still have doubts about both sides, time will tell.

It’s not that wild. Ippei and Shohei told him to.

If Ippei is the perp then he can't be trusted to speak for Ohtani becuz he will give HIS version. Assuming Ohtani didn't direct him to bet.

US media just wants clicks this is nothing story.

Pipe down Trevor

@@kaxmellerman7528Trevor is lying

That is the dumbest argument of innocence. Hey that guy couldn't be the murderer, he's never murdered before!

@@reid1045 More like, hey, here's a repeated offender and a guy that has no criminal record, and people like you choose to believe a repeated offender. That's not saying that the guy that has no criminal record is innocent, but if you ask me to pick one I'd share a house with, I'd choose to live with the one that have no criminal record over living with the repeated offender.

Or he just didn’t realize that he was an illegal bookie…

He’s not that stupid. And if he actually was, being stupid isn’t not a legal defense.

@@jpm5205 lol that's why Biden's not being charged for keeping classified docs

I bet legally and illegally when I started out, legally you can bet the maximum the money you have in your accont, but illegally some sportsbooks let a person bet way over the limit, $4 million dollars is not uncommon (especially when they know it's a high profile celebrity or someone connected to that person) The bookies knew Ippie was a friend of Ohtan. From my experience of betting what might of happened was, Ippie had $2 million or close to that amount (he was making close to half a million dollars when he left the Angels) and wanted to double that to $4 million and won and then he wagered everything again for a sure bet and lost and could'nt pay (that's happened to me, I bet on everything and roll the dice)

Ippei was paid 1,5M to take care of Ohtani’s bills, shopping, sponsor contacts, representation, donations, a donation account with 10M which Ippei had access to..

Then why did the story change from Ohtani gave him the money to HE STOLE FROM ME?? I would believe that if Ippei spoke to the reporter alone, but he was surrounded with Ohtani's crisis management team.

That's because that's what they need people to believe to protect Ohtani's future earnings. He's got too much money at stake here to tell the truth. Maybe he is telling the truth, but if he gambled he must lie.

@@toddsalkowski448 I can't see Ohtani bailing his buddy out nine times. Once, maybe. 9 times, no chance

@@BitcoinMotorist Fair point. However, I keep going back to Ippei interview with ESPN reporter as he is surrounded by Ohtani crisis management team. Why would they let him tell her Ohtani bailed him out?? Then, 24 hours later they all (Ohtani included) are saying Ippei stole the money??

@@BitcoinMotorist, same. The more detailed I get the more I think Ohtani was scam. Also, Ippei is a known liar.

If Shohei was a company and he was making that much , and paying his employees the salary they were making .......... the left would lose their minds!!

Here's the thing: If _I_ make $100 million dollars and _I_ "lose" $4 million, that's 400 million pennies, so I'm going to want to know where those pennies went. The idea that $4 million can simply vanish from someone making $100 million and it not register to them as a concern is an idea only had by someone who has never had even 1% of that kind of money. People without money are quick to assume that people with money don't care about their money because they have so much of it. Trust me...people with money care _way more_ than people without money think they do for the simple reason that they don't want to become one of the people without money.

Trevor emotionally involved in this case. 😂😂😂

@@NeilTruick Among both the poor and rich, some count their pennies while others don't. Ohtani is particularly renowned for his decision to play for the minimum salary under a minor league contract due to age restrictions, despite the prospect of securing a multi-million dollar contract had he waited two years. He prioritized the value of testing his talents at the MLB while young, over financial rewards. His dream has never been to count 70 billion pennies.

4% of a yearly salary is not peanuts. If an average person makes $50,000 that's $2,000. $2K is not peanuts to the average person.

Because that’s not what happened. Ohtani speaks and reads multiple languages. So does his translator.

@@lynnerose7891He can speak multiple languages now, but when he first arrived in the US? Absolutely not. At that point Ippei would be setting up all his bank accounts and have all the information required to access them whenever he wanted, as is usual for interpreters.

@@mouseinthehouse_, well said. Ippei is a known liar

the English thing is a complete con. he speaks English really well. odds are if he can speak and read well he probably has decent comprehension skills.

​@@ladnercr1lol Ohtani speaks English CASUALLY, probably more in a baseball setting. But that doesn't mean his English is good enough to handle technical documents and contracts. Ohtani probably couldn't order a pizza by himself lol

The source is who tipped them off about the federal investigation 2 months ago, that was not Ohtani's camp. You should probably listen closely to what is actually provided before declaring that you need more details.

Honestly, the crisis spokesperson's name doesn't matter that much. What is consistent in Tisha's reporting is the Crisis Spokesperson only comes into play shortly (2.5 hours) after ESPN contacts Ohtani's agent, Nez Balelo. After talking with the spokesperson, who was not clear on whether the information ESPN was gathering from the spokesperson was from Balelo or from Mizuhara, so the request for Mizuhara to interview directly was made. As for why the spokesperson's name isn't being released, that is likely the request of the spokesperson, whether as an individual or as they're firm's policy, not to reveal their name. Besides, this crisis spokesperson is not supposed to be their as an individual, but as a talking head for Shohei Ohtani and his agent. Note that in ESPN's timeline, they specifically asked the Spokesman to go on the record on behalf of Shohei Ohtani regarding the change in story, which is what led to ESPN getting a statement from Ohtani's lawyers at 2pm on the 20th. Tisha Thompson has a very in depth timeline of events that explains in detail what happened according to the reporting available to her and ESPN. I highly recommend you read through that entirely.

@@TheMattTrakker nope. I know who she referred to as the source. I’m also saying she’s not naming the spokesperson. Who is also a “source” and one that doesn’t need to be protected. Sorry I wasn’t clear, I just assumed people would be smart enough to understand without me having to spell everything out for you

@@pellevastano I read the report already. It’s clear and for some reason people think it lays out a bunch of inconsistencies. But it doesn’t. I suggest you read it again as well with the perspective that Mizuhara may have been fabricating things or distorting truths from the get go. That will inform how you see the events being played out. And that is precisely the element missing in this reporting- no suspicion that Mizuhara’s statements were tainted. If there was suspicion, then why would espn ever go to Mizuhara for a direct interview to begin with? Why not ask the spokesperson to bring Ohtani in person? And if there were adequate suspicion, why wouldn’t you ask the spokesperson if he heard these accounts from Ohtani himself, or solely from Mizuhara? That’s why the spokesperson is important in all of this. He/she can clarify a lot. And a lot of it is ESPN not considering the possibility from the get go that Mizuhara might be tainted. Does that help you understand?

Whether bets were placed on baseball matters much less that tax evasion/wire fraud/tax evasion. Not betting on baseball won’t keep anyone from going to jail.

No tax evasion when he lost it all and he paid with money that already been taxed

@@jpm5205 No. baseball bets matter way more in this case because that would be breach of contract. He has to go. It's against MLB rules. Full stop. Only winnings get taxed btw. You can't tax money that is lost.

@@mariolanz4187😂 I’m sure the feds and IRS will totally buy that. Whether he “owes” anything has nothing to do with evading. There’s a reason why there’s legal regulated betting overseen by state commissions, and mob bookies.

@@mossharkdude…The Feds couldn’t care less if bets were or were not made on baseball. Someone is going to jail for illegal gambling, racketeering, wire fraud, tax evasion.

Doesn't make sense. The bookie is doing something illegal. By snitching on ohtani he's snitching on himself

And you spell like %+@§

How the translator repeated the money transfers without permission is a subject of investigation, and it is impossible to ask Otani to elaborate on the stolen money.

I'd trust the Japanese media more than I trust the Americans lol

@@user-uu9nf8fi1i All the more reason to avoid rushing to any conclusions about things that haven't been supported with any evidence, like people stating that Ippei had power of attorney as if it is an established fact.

I didn’t think about the number of times. Good point.

@@jpm74 Someone pointed out earlier there may be a max wire transfer of $500k. Ohtani agreed to pay the entire $4.5 million, but it had to be broken down.

@@toddsalkowski448 That makes it even worse. Once again, we have a guy making $80,000 a year (even $300K) racking up a $4.5 million tab. He goes to Ohtani and asks for a bailout. Even if Ohtani says, "Sure, not a problem", this is a gambling debt. I don't care how much of a unicorn athlete and how big your contract is, it is not a good look for him to have _anything_ to do with this. Best case scenario, all Shohei has to do is answer questions, but before that time comes, he can't be feeling good about it. Ippei does the interview, and eight hours later, he's laughing it up with Ohtani like _neither_ of them have a care in the world. Tisha was right about one thing: We can't apply logic or try to identify with anyone involved in this situation. The financial disparity is bad enough. You're also dealing with a language barrier and an entirely different culture compared to America. In any case, I hope for Ohtani's sake all of these transfers occurred on the same day.

She says in the clip, her sources say payments were all made in 2023

The fact that there are only two known payments to the bookie of 500K each might mean that the other 3.5M was not paid to the bookie under investigation, but to either another bookie or just stolen by Mizuhara. But we shall see.

Mmmyeah no… his account, he’s responsible for it. No excuse.

Why did Ippei tell reporter with Ohtani crisis management team present that the Dodger paid his debts?? Then 24 hours later same management team and Ohtani are telling the world Ippei stole from him?? Doesn't add up.

Bobby, I worked for a large Bank in the banking industry and Beleive me, there are several steps to aprove and clearance proceed with that kind of amounts. Compliance alerts, in adition of the confirmation call, the hold that many wire Transfers occurs, the texts mensajes, the email confirmations and foremost the Notification that received the manager account. Salute from Diminican Republic PS: I worked for international banking departament managing MT-103 , MT-199 and OFAC list

Great info

@@richardmesson All of that would be useless since Ippei would translate for Shohei anyway so he can just lie.

​@@Pick6funBecause banks don't employ anyone capable of speaking Japanese.

@@Pick6fun You have a great point. It looks that Ohtani's English is súper basic, so he has to depend for everything on Ippei

Ohtani initiated the wire transfers but he said that Ippei lied to him about the reason for the bank transfers. Ohtani didn't know that the money was going to an illegal bookie to pay for Ippei's gambling debt. At least, thats what they're telling us in the 2nd version of the story.

The bank isn't allowed to disclose that...

@@TheMattTrakker under supoena they would. Fraud wire transfer falls under FBI. Probably not at this junction yet so have to wait and see.

@@youtoobization Ok. So Ohtani is saying Ippei needed $4.5 million but didn't tell him the reason he needed it?? Highly doubtful.

He looks really shady

Because she wrote the story…

Right, she didn't know "squat." Say that you don't understand journalism without actually saying that you don't understand journalism. There is a ton more that she knows with probably 80-90% certainty, but cannot say publicly right now.

And there you have it folks, the stupidest comment on the interwebs today.

She is just an interviewer. FBI leaked the info to ESPN and she was chosen to do so. This is why she doesn't know too much. According to a lawyer on Japanese TV

​@@sweetspot123And how does "a lawyer on Japanese TV" know this?

Use your brain dude, he only showed them two wire transfer slips.

and they forced him to play an MVP level! LOL

Right on

The trustee of Ohtani property is his mother. This management company is revealed by registration. They never let anyone other than their family intervene. And his mother can't speak English. She don't even live in America. Therefore, it is reasonable to think that some of the distributed accounts in the United States were left to Ippei. The reason why Ohtani's finance team didn't notice it was because it was Ippei who managed it. POA or Check Writing Privileges system. With this method, the agent can send money freely, and the agent can answer inquiries from the bank. And the transfer limit of this system coincides with the $500,000 that Ippei said in an interview with ESPN that he sent money in installments. It can be guessed that Ippei sent the maximum amount that can be sent on behalf of him. Also, the remittance has been made 9 times in two years. Where is the person who will repay your friend's debt 9 times? If it was a large amount from the beginning, it is natural to send money collectively considering Ohtani's assets, and it is actually possible to send more than $500,000. And for some reason, the actual remittance is sent by "loan". If you can notice the strangeness of the story that a very rich man Ohtani divides into 9 times and repays his friend's debt with a "loan", you will know what Ippei's aim was. In addition, it does not rule out the possibility of theft by other methods. Many athletes and celebrities have the same experience, so it's not strange that there are other ways to do bad things. Also, I will not exclude the slight possibility that Ippei is innocent.

Back when i was bangin that 304 wood be wearing cement shoes

They are probably going to stay pretty busy with all the legal sports betting now.

Rod Carew??