Shohei Ohtani's former interpreter has been sentenced to nearly five years in prison for theft. Mizuhara Ippei was found guilty of stealing US$17 million from the Dodgers baseball star.
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00:00The former interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Otani has been sentenced to prison for theft.
00:07This afternoon, a federal judge sentenced Mr. Mizuhara to 57 months in federal prison for stealing more than $17 million from Shohei Otani that Mr. Mizuhara used to pay gambling debts.
00:26Mizuhara Ippei confessed to stealing money for more than two years from an account he held Otani open in 2018.
00:33He's also being charged with falsifying tax records to cover his tracks.
00:37Mizuhara worked as Otani's interpreter since 2018, and the Los Angeles Dodgers dismissed him last year for illegal gambling.