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Five days after his representatives accused his longtime translator Ippei Mizuhara of “massive theft,” Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani on Monday addressed the gambling scandal that has rocked Major League Baseball and captivated much of the international sports community.

For about 11 and a half minutes, Ohtani read a statement that was broken into chunks so that, every few sentences, new translator Will Ireton could translate Ohtani’s Japanese into English. Ohtani did not answer questions, but he did give a detailed account of his side of the story.

This is the full transcript of the Ohtani press conference as translated by Ireton.

“First of all, thank you very much for coming. I wanted to be here today to be able to talk. I’m sure it was very tough — it’s been a tough week for fans and team officials, and I’m very grateful that the media has been patient in this process. Just on a personal note, I’m very saddened and shocked that someone who I trusted has done this.

“Obviously today there’s things that I’m limited in being able to talk about. I hope you understand. I do have a document in front of me that I will refer to that will detail what has happened.

“So, I never bet on baseball or any other sports or never have asked somebody to do that on my behalf. And I have never went through a bookmaker to bet on sports.

“Up until a couple of days ago, I didn’t know that this was happening.

“Just to kind of go over the result, in conclusion, Ippei has been stealing money from my account and has told lies.

“Last weekend in Korea, media had reached out to a representative in my camp inquiring about my potential involvement in sports betting.

“So, Ippei never revealed to me that there was this media inquiry, and to the representatives in my camp he told, Ippei told, to the media and to my representatives that I, on behalf of a friend, paid off debt.

“Upon further questioning, it was revealed that it was actually, in fact, Ippei who was in debt.

“And told my representatives that I was paying off those debts.

“All of this has been a complete lie.

“So, Ippei obviously lied about — basically didn’t tell me about the media inquiry.

“So Ippei has been telling everybody around that Ippei has been communicating with Shohei on all of this account — to my representatives, to the team — and that hasn’t been true.

“The first time I knew about this gambling, Ippei’s gambling, was after the first game (in Korea) when we had the team meeting in the clubhouse.

“So during the team meeting, obviously, Ippei was speaking in English and I didn’t have a translator on my side. But even with that, I kind of understood what was going on and started to feel that there was something amiss.

“Prior to the meeting, I was told by Ippei, ‘Hey, let’s talk one-to-one in the hotel after the meeting.’ So, I waited until then.

“Up until that team meeting, I didn’t know that Ippei had a gambling addiction and was in debt.

“Obviously at that point, or, obviously I never agreed to pay off the debt or make payments to the bookmaker.

“And finally, when we went back to the hotel and talked one-to-one, that’s when I found out that he had a massive debt.

“And it was revealed to me during that meeting that Ippei admitted that he was sending money, using my account, to the bookmaker.

“And at that moment, obviously it was an absurd thing that was happening and I contacted my representatives at that point.

“So, when I was finally able to talk to my representatives, that’s when my representatives found out that Ippei has been lying the whole time, and that’s when I started contacting the Dodgers and my lawyers.

“And the Dodgers and the lawyers at that moment found out also as well that they have been lied to.

“And my lawyers recommended that since this is theft and fraud that we have the proper authorities handle this matter.

“So, in conclusion, I do want to make it clear that I never bet on sports or have willfully sent money to the bookmaker.

“To summarize how I’m feeling right now, I’m just beyond shocked. It’s really hard to verbalize how I am feeling at this point.

“The season is going to start so I’m going to obviously let my lawyers handle matters from here on out, and I am completely assisting in all investigations that are taking place right now.

“I’m looking forward to focusing on the season. I’m glad that we had this opportunity to talk, and I’m sure there will be continuing investigations moving forward.

“Thank you very much.”

First of all, Lilith did nothing wrong

Second, Lilith isn’t even a Christian demon. She’s not even in the Bible, so believing in her should be heretical for a Christian

Like from the moment you step in a gun store. Definitely gonna arm myself just don’t know how to do it

A friend of mine sent me a post on there and I started to look through the subreddit because I vaguely remember seeing it years ago, but never checking it out. I really just dont get it though.

Half of the posts are:

"im a rich STEM student and here is my edc: Glock, 10 knives, flashlight, unused multitool, navy seal operator wallet, and a nanotech fuckite steel carbon bulletproof backed phone case. also a tacticool watch that costs my entire semester tuition"

and the other half are:

"here is what I edc at my boring office job: my pistol with 30 different attachments on it (including 10 different lasers and quick reload magazines), knife, bigger knife, smaller knife, tactical notepad with speed release stainless steel pen, flashlight with a hidden knife in the bottom of it, and an unopened tin of Copenhagens that expired 2 years ago"

I genuinely dont understand, at most these people will only ever use their overpriced flashlight. Are they trying to brand themselves or make themselves more masculine or something? What am I not getting?

is it a blue collar vs white collar thing? I genuinely cant imagine dropping hundreds on tools that you will never use

2.1 million reddit karma in 2 years, everyone who criticizes them is either a trump troll or a Russian bot, and makes comics.

here are some highlights:

Thinks ShitLiberalsSay is a Russian troll farm because people know how to read cyrillic

In Russia, the word "liberal" means capitalism. In Russia, Reagan is considered a liberal. Ironically, Putin is considered a liberal too by the Russian definition of the word "liberal." Every American knows that "liberal" does not mean capitalism in America. In America, liberal means "freedom." Liberalism is "The Philosophy of Freedom." Liberals are free people, people who fight for freedom, or freedom fighters. Republicans have been smearing liberals with vicious lies for decades. It's what all fascists do, because all fascists hate liberals.

useful to note that the above link is crossposted in every possible lib sub known to exist on reddit

and of course, why would they do all this one might ask?

because they are trying to promote their own book

which is also linked at the bottom of some of their reddit posts with reviewer highlights lol

If you're American, and you think of yourself as left, and you're anti-liberal, you have been brainwashed by Russian anti-democratic propaganda. The Russian trolls who brainwashed you used the Russian meaning of the word "liberal" (capitalism) to character-assassinate American liberals, or "social justice warriors," many of whom are social democrats, socialists, and communists, which is why Republican capitalism-fetishists want to kill liberals.

also as another hexbear user posted earlier today, here is the synthesis of their belief

taken from this honestly hilarious blog post