Here's the timeline according to ESPN:
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/...ara-theft-line
Essentially, it says Mizuhara was lying to everyone at the beginning, through the team meeting after Game 1 against the Padres.
All communications between Shohei Ohtani and anyone else, had to go through Mizuhara, since he was the only interpreter around.
Even during the meeting, Shohei didn't know what was being said, since it was all in English.
After the meeting, Shohei asked someone what had been said.
It was at that point, that a different interpreter was brought in.
Shohei said he didn't recognize any of the things Mizuhara had said.
That's when Shohei's team came out with their side of things, regarding it being a theft, and Mizuhara was fired.
Steve