Federal prosecutors said no evidence backs up Ippei Mizuhara's claims that he suffered from a gambling addiction, which led ...

Federal prosecutors said Thursday that there was no evidence Ippei Mizuhara, the ex-interpreter of Shohei Ohtani, suffered ...

Prosecutors stayed firm on their request for a five-year sentence for Mizuhara, who is asking for 18 months in prison.

The former interpreter for MLB superstar Shohei Ohtani wasn’t battling a gambling addiction when he stole $17 million from ...

MLB preseason, Shohei Ohtani's world took a 180-degree turn compared to 2024. Ohtani arrives as an MLB champion, along with ...

Mizuhara, the former longtime interpreter of Shohei Ohtani, is scheduled to be sentenced Feb. 6 after pleading guilty to bank and tax fraud charges in June. In the spring, Mizuhara admitted to ...

While Shohei Ohtani became a hero for the Dodgers, the MLB champions, the Japanese baseball player is back in the eye of the storm due to the lawsuit against Ippei Mizuhara, who wa ...

Federal prosecutors have now disputed claims that Ippei Mizuhara stole from Shohei Ohtani to pay back his gambling debts.

He began betting with DraftKings in 2023 after he "had already stolen millions of dollars from Mr. Ohtani," the filing states. Other exhibits showed Mizuhara placing bets ranging from $5 to $1,400 ...

Ippei Mizuhara was just dealt a major blow in his defense in the Shohei Ohtani $17 million bank fraud case. The longtime translator was accused of stealing millions from Ohtani to pay for various ...