Major League Baseball star Shohei Ohtani’s former interpreter has been sentenced to 57 months in prison after stealing nearly $17 million to repay gambling debts.
John W. Holcomb, the U.S. District Judge who oversaw the trial, sentenced Ohtani to just shy of five years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. The disgraced interpreter was also ordered to pay nearly $17 million in compensation to the Los Angeles Dodger pitcher and $1.1 million to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
Following an initial ESPN investigation in March 2024, Mizuhara was removed from his role as translator/interpreter with the team. The investigation uncovered that he had sent millions in wire transfers from Ohtani’s account to an illegal…
