BETTING SCANDAL INDICTMENT
NEW DETAILS ARE SURFACING IN THE GAMBLING PROBE INVOLVING GUARDIANS PITCHERS EMMANUEL CLASE AND LUIS ORTIZ. DANIELLE WIGGINS WITH ONN AFFILIATE WKYC-TV SAYS A NEWLY UNSEALED INDICTMENT OUTLINES ADDITIONAL ALLEGATIONS AND NAMES A SUSPECTED BETTOR.
COURT DOCUMENTS IDENTIFY ROBINSON VASQUEZ (HER-MO-SEN) GERMOSEN AS AN ALLEGED CO-CONSPIRATOR WHO INVESTIGATORS SAY WORKED WITH CLASE. HE'S ALSO TIED TO A *COMPLAINT ACCUSING CLASE OF RIGGING PITCHES DURING GAME ONE OF THE 2024 PLAYOFFS ... WHICH WAS A 7-0 WIN FOR THE GUARDIANS. IN THAT GAME BETTORS WON ABOUT 4-THOUSAND DOLLARS. PROSECUTORS CLAIM CLASE ALLEGEDLY THREW RIGGED PITCHES AT LEAST 15 TIMES BETWEEN 2023 AND 2025. ORTIZ IS ACCUSED OF DOING THE SAME IN TWO GAMES DURING THE 2025 SEASON.
BOTH MEN HAVE PLEADED NOT GUILTY.