Ippei Mizuhara received a 57-month prison sentence for a bank fraud conviction (Photo by PATRICK T. … [+]
As Ippei Mizuhara learned his fate, he stood calmly before a federal judge resigned to the grim reality that his destructive gambling habit would result in severe consequences.
Mizuhara, the disgraced former interpreter of Shohei Ohtani, begged Judge John Holcomb for mercy on Thursday as he tearfully apologized to the MLB star for betraying his trust. Moments earlier, Holcomb excoriated Mizuhara for embezzling $17 million from Ohtani, an amount the judge described as more than most people earn in a lifetime. Holcomb then imposed a 57-month prison sentence to Mizuhara, one that is…
