Gus Garcia-Roberts

After MLB pitcher Tyler Skaggs fatally overdosed, blame fell on Angels staffer Eric Kay. Five years later, records suggest the truth is more complicated.

The case involving Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter is shedding light on a sprawling money-laundering probe — and rattling the Strip in the process.

Federal prosecutors charged Ippei Mizuhara, longtime interpreter and close friend of Shohei Ohtani, with bank fraud Thursday, saying that he stole more than $16 million from the Los Angeles Dodgers star to pay off gambling debts.

The Post used interviews and records to fill out the pulpy backstory of Mathew Bowyer, a gambler turned bookie intertwined with Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani.

The league has been under scrutiny for its response to the scandal enveloping its marquee star, who signed a $700 million deal with the Dodgers last off-season.

The story of the abandoned investigation sheds light on the disjointed response to a lawless cottage industry blamed for animal cruelty and brazen doping.

In courthouses around the country, the horseracing legend has taken on regulators and track owners. Now Baffert has trained his legal arsenal on two obscure railbirds who chirped about him online.

The Rays’ shortstop, one of baseball’s top young stars, is accused of having a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old girl and paying her mother thousands of dollars, according to records reviewed by The Post.

The U.S. Center for SafeSport suspended Conal Groom, an Olympian who trained dozens of national team rowers, for seven years. His accusers wanted more.

The indictments under the Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act indicate a broadening crackdown related to admitted drug peddler Eric Lira.