2024-03-26 01:50:59
University of California: “There is no record of Mizuhara’s enrollment”
While Ippei Mizuhara (40), an interpreter for American professional baseball (MLB) star Shohei Otani (30, LA Dodgers), is being accused of illegal gambling and theft, various suspicions are rising in Japan about his past history.
On the 24th, The Athletic, an American sports media outlet, reported that Mizuhara’s interpretation experience at an American university and MLB that was disclosed to the media was inaccurate. This raised the possibility that the school he attended was fabricated.
According to the media, the University of California said, “There are no records of any school enrolled by a student named Ippei Mizuhara.” When asked if there was another name for Mizuhara or a similar name in the school register, the school refused to answer.
Previously, on the 23rd, Japanese media outlet Sponichianex reported that Mizuhara entered the baseball world as an interpreter for Hideki Okajima of the Boston Red Sox in 2010, and established a relationship with Ohtani while working as an English interpreter for the Nippon Ham Fighters of the Japanese professional baseball team in 2013. .
However, on this day, the Boston team refuted in a notice sent to the media, “Mizuhara was never hired as an interpreter while Okajima played for our team.”
Also, looking at the 2019 media guide published by the LA Angels, it is indicated that although Okajima was released before the start of spring camp after signing with the Yankees in 2012, Mizuhara served as Okajima’s interpreter during spring camp in 2012.
The reason why interest is focused on Mizuhara’s past is because the credibility of his statements regarding illegal gambling and theft could have a decisive impact on the U.S. Internal Revenue Service and MLB investigations.
Mizuhara’s debt amounts to $4.5 million (approximately 6 billion won) due to illegal gambling on various stocks. He revealed to the media that Otani had personally sent money to a gambler to pay off his gambling debt. However, when Otani’s legal representative countered that Otani was the victim of Mizuhara’s theft, Mizuhara recanted his statement, saying that contrary to his original claim, Otani did not know about his gambling.
Whether Otani participated in illegal gambling will be determined depending on whether he knew about Mizuhara’s illegal gambling and sent the money directly or whether he really did not know. Contrary to Mizuhara’s claims, if Otani knew about gambling, the player would be banned from competing for one year, regardless of whether it was legal or illegal.
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