A new piece of evidence has come to light after the Dodgers star was deceived by his interpreter, who stole nearly $20 million.
Ippei Mizuhara pleaded guilty in May 2024 to one count of bank fraud and one count of subscribing to a false tax return after defrauding the 30-year-old Dodgers superstar of more than $16 million over the span of nearly three years between 2021 and 2024.
Federal prosecutors on Thursday disclosed a nearly four-minute audio recording which they said showed Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter convicted of defrauding Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani, attempting to push through a $200,000 wire transfer from one of the player’s accounts.
Shohei Ohtani’s first season with the Los Angeles Dodgers began with a scandal as his then-interpreter Ippei Mizuhara was found to be involved in an illegal sports betting investigation.
According to a new report, prosecutors asked for a nearly five-year sentence and $18.1 million in restitution in the case of Shohei Ohtani's former interpreter.
Shohei Ohtani instantly became a force to be reckoned with during his 2018 rookie season in the MLB. He played in 104 games that season, hitting .285/.361/.564 with 22 home runs and 61 runs batted in.
Dodgers stars Shohei Ohtani and Freddie Freeman are among the many Los Angeles sports figures donating to help those affected by the Los Angeles Fires.
On Monday, reports emerged on X (formerly Twitter) that the LA Dodgers, Lakers and ten other Los Angeles-based professional sports teams would be coming together to donate more than $8 million in tota
Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani is donating $500,000 to help firefighters and animals forced to flee the deadly wildfires around the region. Ohtani announced his intention on Instagram ...
Roki Sasaki donned a No. 11 Los Angeles Dodgers jersey atop a makeshift stage Wednesday afternoon and called it the culmination of "an incredibly difficult decision."
What do you buy for the team that has everything? That is the question that the Los Angeles Dodgers have been wrestling with this winter. The answer, it would appear, is Roki Sasaki.