Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani has asked a federal judge for ownership of $325,000 worth of baseball cards that he said were fraudulently purchased by his former interpreter, according to The Athletic.
Ohtani asked a federal judge in California on Tuesday for a hearing to regain ownership of sports cards that were seized from Ippei Mizhura, who pleaded guilty to defrauding Ohtani out of nearly $17 million in a massive scandal that dominated the weeks leading up to the season this past spring.
Between January and March of 2024, per the report, Mizuhara purchased baseball cards online with the intent to resell them.