SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — As an interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara was supposed to bridge the gap between baseball star Shohei Ohtani and his English-speaking teammates and fans as the duo traveled from ...

Shohei Ohtani’s former interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, was recently reported to federal prison after stealing $17 million of Ohtani’s money. Mizuhara infamously used Ohtani’s money to place bets on ...

Disgraced MLB translator Ippei Mizuhara has a new gig. Mizuhara, who was Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani’s longtime translator, earlier this week pleaded guilty to bank and tax fraud, admitting to ...

Ippei Mizuhara on Thursday received his official prison sentence for his crimes committed against Shohei Ohtani. Mizuhara, who formerly served as Ohtani’s interpeter, was sentenced to 57 months in ...

The past year or so has been pretty crazy for Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani. After signing a 10-year, $700 million contract with the Dodgers in free agency, ahead of the 2024 campaign, ...

Shohei Ohtani's former interpreter Ippei Mizuhara was sentenced to nearly five years in prison on Thursday after stealing about $17 million from the Los Angeles Dodgers star in order to pay off his ...

Shohei Ohtani's former intrepreter and close friend, Ippei Mizuhara, is currently awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to defrauding Ohtani of some $17 million dollars earlier this year. At the ...

I will start with an obvious caveat – as far as we know, Shohei Ohtani was unaware his former interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, was using his funds to gamble on sports. MLB has concluded as such, and we ...

Dean Fioresi is a web producer for CBS Los Angeles. He covers breaking news throughout Southern California. When he's not writing about local events, he enjoys focusing on sports and entertainment.

The Los Angeles Dodgers have long since moved past the Ippei Mizuhara gambling scandal that rocked the organization at the beginning of the 2024 season. Shohei Ohtani found himself connected to an ...

Ippei Mizuhara has officially begun his federal prison sentence. Mizuhara, the disgraced former interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani, is now in federal prison in Pennsylvania, ...

Ippei Mizuhara, the ex-interpreter for Shohei Ohtani, pretended to be the Dodgers superstar in a call to a bank as he attempted to get a $200,000 wire transfer cleared from one of the ballplayer’s ...