Federal prosecutors said no evidence backs up Ippei Mizuhara's claims that he suffered from a gambling addiction, which led to massive debts, according to court documents. Mizuhara, the former ...

As the Japanese superstar is not fluent in English, Mizuhara took advantage of the situation to limit Ohtani’s access to his friends and teammates. He even impersonated Ohtani and wired $200,000 from ...

Ippei Mizuhara, the ex-interpreter for Shohei Ohtani, pretended to be the Dodgers superstar in a call to a bank as he attempted to get a $200,000 wire transfer cleared from one of the ballplayer ...

In the ongoing fraud trial of Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani, prosecutors during the sentencing phase submitted an audio recording in which ...

Federal prosecutors on Thursday filed a brief reiterating a 57-month sentencing request for Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter convicted of defrauding Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei ...

An attorney for Ippei Mizuhara are asking a federal judge to sentence him to 18 months in prison in his fraud case, a sentencing memorandum filed on January 23, 2025, reveals. Federal prosecutors ...

A nearly four-minute audio recording of Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter for Shohei Ohtani, was disclosed this week by federal prosecutors and shows Mizuhara impersonating the Los Angeles ...

New evidence regarding Ippei Mizuhara’s gambling case has come to light. Prosecutors submit evidence that Shohei Ohtani’s former interpreter did not have any gambling addiction like he claimed weeks ...

All things considered, the Shohei Ohtani-Ippei Mizuhara debacle that was initially reported during the Seoul Series last year resolved itself pretty quickly. Mizuhara was fired by the Dodgers on ...