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First Take

Hour 2: Buffa-Low Point?

First Take

ESPN Radio

Sports

4.05.7K Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Stephen A. Smith is joined by Jeff Passan as he gives us the facts regarding the theft allegations facing Shohei Ohtani's interpreter who was just fired by the Dodgers. Kimberley A. Martin and Mina Kimes are here to tell us if the Bills' downfall has been overblown. Seth Greenberg joins us ahead of today's' men's March Madness games to weigh in on the possibility of NCAA tournament expansion. Mina decides if she has more faith in Dak Prescott or Jalen Hurts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.4

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0:30.9

To MLB news where Shohay Otani's's interpreter Ipe Mutzahara was fired yesterday

0:35.8

after running up gambling debts that were paid from Otani's bank accounts.

0:39.6

Multiple sources told the ESPN they totaled at least four and a half million dollars in

0:44.6

wire transfers to a Southern California bookmaker under federal investigation.

0:49.4

An Otani spokesperson at first said the Dodger star had covered his friend's debts but

0:54.7

later said that Otani was a victim of massive theft and authorities have been

0:59.9

involved. Here is ESPAN investigative reporter Tisha Thompson who joined us earlier right here on first take.

1:08.0

O'Tani's name was on a wire transfer or I should say wire transfers that had been sent to the bookmaking operation.

1:16.5

O'Tani spokesperson then facilitated an interview with the interpreter, Ipe Mitsahara.

1:25.0

He laid out a story where he said that he had gotten in over his head,

1:29.8

I'm paraphrasing here of course, that he had gotten in over his head and had accumulated

1:35.1

so much debt which as you mentioned sources had told us was about at least 4.5

1:41.7

million dollars that he had gone to O'Tani and had said can you can you help me and

1:47.8

O'Tani eventually offered to pay off his debt of Of course, things then dramatically changed.

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