Ippei Mizuhara is due to be sentenced Feb. 6 after his June guilty plea. Last week, he asked U.S. District Judge John W. Holcomb for an 18-month sentence, instead of the nearly five years ...

Ippei Mizuhara, who was supposed to bridge the gap between the Japanese athlete and his English-speaking teammates and fans, was sentenced in federal court in Santa Ana, California, after pleading ...

In March 2024, his former translator, Ippei Mizuhara, admitted to the team that he had a gambling addiction. He was then subsequently fired and was replaced by Will Ireton as interpreter.

As Shohei Ohtani was beginning his first season with the Los Angeles Dodgers, he and former interpreter Ippei Mizuhara became an the center of an illegal sports gambling scandal. Mizuhara was ...

Shohei Ohtani's former interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, was sentenced to 57 months in prison with three years of supervised release on Thursday. Mizuhara was convicted of stealing $17 million from his ...

LOS ANGELES--Federal authorities allege Ippei Mizuhara, the former longtime interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani, stole more than $16 million from the two-way baseball ...

Ippei Mizuhara was sentenced to 57 months for stealing nearly $17 million from Dodgers' star Shohei Ohtani. Mizuhara also agreered to pay more than $18 million in restitution. Mizuhara contended ...

Federal prosecutors are seeking a prison sentence of four years and nine months for Ippei Mizuhara, who was supposed to bridge the gap between Ohtani and his English-speaking teammates and fans as ...

Ippei Mizuhara was sentenced to nearly five years in prison on Thursday for stealing about $17 million from Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani, according to ESPN. Mizuhara was Ohtani’s ...

Ippei Mizuhara, former interpreter for Shohei Ohtani, was sentenced Thursday to more than four years in prison and ordered to pay $18 million in restitution in an illegal betting case in which ...

Federal prosecutors recommended a 57-month prison sentence Thursday for Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani, and released an audio recording in ...