Introducing: The Betrayal of Shohei Ohtani

You would have been banned, and this is your biggest star, banned for life.

But then, someone surprising confessed to me, his best friend.

The longtime interpreter is accused of stealing $4.5 million from Ohtani to cover a gambling debt.

I'm ESPN investigative reporter Tisha Thompson, and I've spent years trying to untangle what really happened between these two men.

He wasn't just an interpreter.

He was everything in Shohei Ohtani's life.

I've met up with the bookie at the center of the scandal.

We were known as very dangerous individuals.

People called us modern-day gangsters.

Viewed secret documents in the dead of night.

You were worried for me.

Yes,

you were going up there

by yourself.

And went inside a federal investigation.

You could hear Ipe in his own voice, in perfect English, say, Hi, I am Shohei Otani.

And you know it's not Shohei.

From 30 for 30 podcasts, this is The Betrayal of Shohei Otani.

The inside story of the biggest scandal in modern baseball, from the person at the center of it.