Shohei Ohtani and his agent Nez Balelo are being sued over their alleged role in a $240 million luxury real estate project in ...

Shohei Ohtani speaks with interpreter Ippei Mizuhara during the 2021 MLB Home Run Derby. USA TODAY Sports As Ohtani moved to California, so did Mizuhara, becoming his interpreter with the Angels.

Shohei Ohtani and Ippei Mizuhara were practically connected at the hip for 6½ years, the bond between the world’s most famous baseball player and his interpreter so tight that the Dodgers two ...

A scripted series about the gambling scandal involving Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani and his former interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, is close to ...

Lawyers representing Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani have accused his now-former interpreter and longtime friend Ippei Mizuhara of “massive theft” in a $4.5 million bombshell.

Ippei Mizuhara pretended to be Shohei Ohtani to trick bank employees into wiring money as part of a $16 million theft from the Dodgers star, prosecutors say.

Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter for baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani, pleaded guilty to two felony charges of bank fraud and filing a false tax return and was ordered to pay nearly $17 ...

Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter for Shohei Ohtani, made his first court appearance Friday afternoon on charges that he stole more than $16 million from the Dodgers superstar to cover debts ...

US Attorney Martin Estrada said the bank account was set up by Ippei Mizuhara in 2018. He said the Ippei's illegal gambling began in 2021, and his bets became more and more prevalent.

Shohei Ohtani, right, of the Los Angeles Dodgers speaks to the media with the help of his interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, during DodgerFest at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles Feb. 3, 2024.

Ippei Mizuhara, the former longtime interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani, agreed to a plea deal that could lead to as many as 33 years in federal prison, prosecutors announced ...

The investigation determined Mizuhara lost roughly $40 million to gambling. The money he used to pay those debts came from Ohtani’s bank account, which Mizuhara helped set up in 2018.