The charges come after The Los Angeles Times reported on allegations by Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani that his former interpreter and close friend Ippei Mizuhara engaged in 'massive theft' from the slugger's bank account to cover gambling debts.
Federal prosecutors have charged Ippei Mizuhara, the since-fired interpreter for Shohei Ohtani, with stealing more than $16 million of dollars from the Dodgers superstar to pay debts with an allegedly illegal bookmaker. The U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California, Martin Estrada, announced the charge Thursday at a news conference in downtown Los Angeles. 'Mr. Ohtani is considered a victim in this case,' Estrada said.
later reported, an Ohtani spokesman told the outlet that the money came from Ohtani to cover Mizuhara’s gambling debts. conducted a lengthy interview with Mizuhara on March 19 that was arranged by the spokesman. Mizuhara claimed Ohtani had paid his gambling debts. The spokesman soon disavowed the account, according to
, and replaced it with the allegation that Mizuhara stole the money through wire transfers. Near the end of the Dodgers’ season-opening win over the Padres in a game that started at 3 a.m. Pacific time on March 20, a television camera captured Ohtani and Mizuhara laughing in the dugout. Before the clubhouse opened to the media after the game, several Dodger executives addressed the team along with Mizuhara.
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