(14 May 2024)
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Los Angeles – 14 May 2024
1. Various of Ippei Mizuhara, the former longtime interpreter for the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball star Shohei Ohtani, leaving federal court following his arraignment
2. Various of the media outside the federal courthouse
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Los Angeles – 14 May 2024
3. STILLS, various, COURTROOM ART of Ippei Mizuhara, the former longtime interpreter for the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball star Shohei Ohtani, in federal court for his arraignment
STORYLINE:
The former interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani has pleaded not guilty as a formality in a sports betting case.
Prosecutors allege Ippei Mizuhara stole nearly $17 million from the Japanese baseball player to pay off debts.
He has agreed to a plea deal on one count of bank fraud and one count of subscribing to a false tax return.
But first he entered a not-guilty plea as a formality during his arraignment Tuesday in federal court in Los Angeles.
Authorities say there was no evidence that Ohtani was involved in or aware of Mizuhara’s gambling.
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