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Shohei Ohtani’s ex-interpreter pleads guilty to charges related to gambling and theft

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Ippei Mizuhara outside federal court in May, when he agreed to plead guilty to two counts related to the transfer of nearly $17 million from the bank account of baseball star Shohei Ohtani. On Tuesday, he formally entered the guilty plea at a courthouse in Orange County, Calif.

Ippei Mizuhara, who worked alongside Ohtani for years, pleaded guilty to two counts related to the theft of nearly $17 million from the baseball star. He could face up to 33 years in prison.

(Image credit: Frederic J. Brown)

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