Ippei Mizuhara reported to federal prison on Monday to begin his 5-year sentence, as Shohei Ohtani made his long-awaited ...

Mizuhara, who was Ohtani’s close friend and had worked with the pitcher since 2017, reportedly was in federal custody and and appeared in a Los Angeles court on Friday afternoon.

LOS ANGELES — Ippei Mizuhara, the disgraced former interpreter for Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani, surrendered to a federal prison in Pennsylvania on Monday, beginning a nearly five-year prison sentence ...

Mizuhara originally faced a maximum sentence of 33 years in prison, five years of supervised release, and a fine of $1,250,000 in addition to providing restitution to Ohtani and the IRS.

Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter of Shohei Ohtani, was officially sentenced in court on Thursday for stealing millions of dollars from the Los Angeles Dodgers superstar to pay off his ...

Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani, is expected to enter a guilty plea on one count of bank fraud and one count of subscribing to a false tax return ...

Mizuhara had worked alongside Ohtani for more than a decade, dating back to Ohtani’s playing days with the Nippon-Ham Fighters in 2013. He served as his interpreter, personal assistant, home run ...

Mizuhara, 39, was fired by the Dodgers on March 21 amid news reports that at least $4.5 million was wired from Ohtani’s accounts to an alleged illegal bookmaker, Mathew Bowyer.

Ippei Mizuhara, former interpreter for Shohei Ohtani, was sentenced to 57 months in prison. Per Sam Blum of The Athletic , there will be three years of supervised release and Mizuhara has been ...

Mizuhara’s sentencing date was originally scheduled for Oct. 25, which would have coincided with Game 1 of the World Series, but prosecutors agreed to move it to Dec. 20.

Mizuhara always had a "significant balance" in his checking account, prosecutors state, noting it was more than $30,000 in March 2023 and more than $195,000 in March 2024, ...

The Brief. 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.