It's not legal in the state of California to actually bet on sports. So is he a resident of California and is he betting illegally on sports as a resident of California? Now, that I don't know the answer to, because he is a Japanese citizen, and I don't know whether he can use the address of a Japanese resident to set up an account on draftkings or any kind of bookmaking operation and make bets from that place
And the lawyers caught wind of Shohei saying these things, and we're like, dude, you cannot under any circumstances, admit to knowingly doing this because it could potentially get you in a lot of trouble with the feds. And effectively, his translator, his friend, is throwing himself on a grenade for Shohei. He's basically willing to say that he stole money instead of it being a loan to just make Shouhei look better her. That would be my guess
phil spade
@Phil · 1:13
Yeah, Taylor, the only thing about that theory that makes me not believe it is just what I've known about bookies over the years. And I'm assuming that this interpreter just makes a modest income as an interpreter and he doesn't have some grand fortune that I don't know about. Now, if that's the case, then I don't believe it at all. Just mainly what I've known about bookies. He would have been cut off a long, long time ago
Robert Jenkins
@Guruball1 · 2:01
And you cannot tell me that your translator had that much power to go into your bank accounts and steal another $3.5 million after you gave him two checks for $500,000. First of all, a million dollars is a lot for a booking. They're not going to allow you to go up that far if you don't have that type of collateral, that you don't have that kind of money. And then you said about gambling in Los Angeles