Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter of Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani, has sent a letter to Honorable Judge John W. Holcomb asking for an 18-month sentence in prison for his bank fraud charges after stealing nearly $17 million from Ohtani to pay off his gambling debts.
On Thursday, federal prosecutors asked for a 57-month prison sentence for Mizuhara, and for him to pay $16.9 million of restitution to Ohtani, and another $1.1 million to the IRS.
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In the three page letter, Mizuhara opens up about his struggles, and revealed the factors in his life that led him to gamble and then steal from Ohtani.