A former interpreter to Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani, Ippei Mizuhara, has been sentenced to 57 months (almost five years) in prison after he stole around $17 million from his ex-employer to pay off debts he built up from gambling.
The 57-month sentence for Mizuhara was issued by U.S. District Judge John W. Holcomb, with the latter also dishing out supervised release for three years. On top of that, Mizuhara is also being ordered to pay Ohtani around $17 million in restitution. Another $1.1 million has to be paid to the IRS. (RELATED: ESPN Said They Were No Longer Getting Political … So Is It Time For Them To Fire This Absolute Idiot Of An Employee?)
“I want to say I am truly sorry to Mr. Ohtani for what I have done,” said 40-year-old Mizuhara in court.
Mizuhara has to give himself up to the police by March 24 to start his prison sentence, per the order of Judge…
