Former Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig is currently facing two federal charges for obstruction of justice and making false statements, after allegedly lying during his initial conversation with Assistant U.S. Atty. Jeff Mitchell.
The highly contentious case, involving a one-count plea deal Puig accepted and then backed out of, is still pending. But it is already a warning for other professional sports players — including Japanese sensation Shohei Ohtani, a current Dodger who now finds himself in the middle of a betting scandal.
Puig's case shows how witnesses in federal investigations can become targets themselves if they are suspected of veering from the truth, and how foreign athletes — accustomed to other people talking, handling finances and negotiating unfamiliar cultural situations for them — can face additional pitfalls within the U.S. legal system. |
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