Dodger Shohei Ohtani's $4.5M theft claim: Legal fight begins

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00:00 (upbeat music)

00:02 Representatives of the Dodgers,

00:06 Shoya Ohtani accused his interpreter

00:08 of engaging in a massive theft of his funds,

00:13 allegedly $4.5 million to place bets

00:17 with an allegedly illegal bookmaker

00:19 who was the target of a federal investigation.

00:21 Lawyers for Ohtani made the claim

00:25 after the LA Times learned that Ohtani's name

00:27 had surfaced in the investigation of Matthew Boyer,

00:31 an Orange County resident who is allegedly a bookie.

00:36 Ohtani's representatives looked into the actions

00:38 of his interpreter and discovered

00:41 that $4.5 million was missing.

00:45 Yet there's conflicting stories

00:47 as his interpreter admitted and said

00:52 that Ohtani gave him the money.

00:55 And it seems to be that there's a paper trail

00:59 of Ohtani paying off this guy's gambling debts.

01:04 (upbeat music)

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