Karma does come back and it is real! The unfurled scandal involving Shohei Ohtani’s ex-interpreter Ippei Mizuhara is the prime example of how Karma strikes. While it is all known that Mizuhara scammed money from Ohtani’s account to meet his betting debt, putting Ohtani’s details in his statement is beyond the legalities and gross. Yes, in his justification before the court, Mizuhara expectedly shared all the details about his financial needs and what compelled him to scam Ohtani. Still, it took a wrong turn when he added the prenup agreement between Ohtani and his wife.

Mizuhara in hot water

“The prenup agreement that Ohtani has with his current wife that’s freaking gross nobody needed you to put that in a letter”, said MLB insider Scott Braun pointing out how it is unethical and putting someone’s dignity on the line for personal gain. Although it didn’t make any case for Mizuhara to justify himself, it is just the classic case of inflicting maximum pain on the opponent when consequences are inevitable. Mizuhara got no point or justification to share Ohtani’s details, rather he did it by will to make things complicated for the latter. Well, Mizuhara successfully dug his hole and is on the verge of getting deported to his home country!

Ohtani is expected to be more vigilant 

“Let there be no doubt, Mr. Ohtani is truly a victim and has suffered, and will continue to suffer, harm,” the sentencing memo said. Although Ohtani had no role in this scandal, a more careful approach was expected from him. Surprisingly Ohtani did not know Mizuhara making wire transfers from his bank account so he does have some extent of accountability here. Ippei Mizuhara is now fired from MLB and Ohtani is working with Will Ireton as his interpreter. It would be good for Ohtani to let Ireton work as an interpreter only and not get him into his personal space.