Shohei Ohtani's former intrepreter and close friend, Ippei Mizuhara, is currently awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to defrauding Ohtani of some $17 million dollars earlier this year. At the time,

Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani has requested a hearing from the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in order to

Mizuhara is due to be sentenced in January after pleading guilty in May to one count of bank fraud and one count of subscribing to a false tax return. Mizuhara faces a maximum of 33 years in prison.