Shohei Ohtani says he never bet on sports, interpreter stole from him

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Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani said Monday in his first comments on a gambling investigation that he never bet on sports and his fired interpreter Ippei Mizuhara stole money from him to cover "a massive debt" and lied about it.

"I never bet on baseball or any other sports or never have asked somebody to do it on my behalf, and I have never went through a bookmaker