Ippei Mizuhara, Shohei Ohtani’s former interpreter, sentenced to nearly 5 years in prison

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 interpreter and used the money repay gambling debts.

U.S. District Judge John W. Holcomb gave Mizuhara a 57-month sentence and three years of supervised release. He is also order to pay him nearly $17 million in restitution to Ohtani and $1.1 million to the IRS.

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