Representatives for Shohei Ohtani are now asking law enforcement to investigate what they call a “massive theft” from the Dodgers’ star. It’s unclear which law enforcement agency has been contacted. Sports agent Leigh Steinberg says this is an untimely scandal for Ohtani.
On Wednesday, it was reported that four-and-a-half-million-dollars in wire transfers were sent from Ohtani’s bank account to a bookmaking operation. The L.A. Times reported that it is an illegal gambling operation run by an Orange County resident who is under federal investigation. Ohtani’s people say he transferred the money to cover his longtime interpreter’s gambling debts.
