Shohei Ohtani's former interpreter reports to prison for stealing nearly $17 million

The former interpreter of Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani Ippei Mizuhara shared to federal prison in Pennsylvania on Monday Mizuhara's attorney Michael Freedman substantiated to Fox News Digital Mizuhara was sentenced to months in prison for stealing nearly million from Ohtani to pay off gambling debts JOHNNY DAMON WEIGHS IN ON SHOHEI OHTANI DISAGREEMENT CALLS FOR PETE ROSE TO BE IN HALL OF FAMEFederal prosecutors appealed for a -month prison sentence while also asking Mizuhara to pay million of restitution to Ohtani and another million to the IRS The Dodgers fired Mizuhara in March Federal investigators filed a complaint against Mizuhara on April One day later he turned himself in to law enforcement the Department of Justice approved JOHNNY DAMON WEIGHS IN ON SHOHEI OHTANI ARGUMENT CALLS FOR PETE ROSE TO BE IN HALL OF FAMEMizuhara pleaded guilty to bank fraud and filing a false tax return in June admitting that he placed about bets with the bookie over a two-year period and accumulated over million in debt Ohtani publicly addressed the gambling disgrace in late March saying he had never placed a sports bet and that Mizuhara's story about paying off his million gambling debt was fabricated Mizuhara was initially ordered to description to prison in March but a federal judge granted a delay No reason for the delay has been disclosed Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter