LogFAQs > #979486655

bigblu89 posted...

Unless there's a digital trail that shows that 1) Othani placed the bets and 2) There were bets on baseball, this will become a non-story by May.

apparently ohtani's account was used to pay the debt with an illegal wire. originally the translator said ohtani paid the debt for him, the next day he walked it back and said ohtani didn't know about the debt. all we know is that ohtani's account sent wires totaling 4.5 million over a period of time.

it's possible ohtani could have been the one betting, it's also possible the original story that he paid off the debt is true and his lawyers backtracked when someone realized that would be an illegal action (though a minor one he likely wouldn't be in trouble for).

unless someone comes out with evidence against ohtani directly it will blow over eventually. even if ohtani was the one betting it appears the translator is willing to take the fall.

i am kinda willing to believe ohtani wasn't the one betting just because sending wires totaling millions of dollars from his accounts to the bookmaker would be world class stupidity. it does seem shady that the story changed, but that is probably just his lawyers shielding him from any criminal liability