Ippei Mizuhara, Shohei Ohtani’s former longtime interpreter and confidant, was sentenced to 57 months in federal prison.

Ippei Mizuhara was sentenced in federal court after stealing nearly $17 million from the Los Angeles Dodgers player’s bank account.

Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani, learned his fate on Thursday. He will be serving a prison sentence of

Ippei Mizuhara has a federal court sentencing hearing set for Thursday afternoon for taking almost $17 million from Dodgers player Shohei Ohtani. He was Ohtani's translator.

Federal prosecutors are seeking a prison sentence of four years and nine months for Ippei Mizuhara, who was supposed to bridge the gap between Ohtani and his English-speaking teammates and fans as the duo traveled from Southern California to ballparks across the US.

Ippei Mizuhara was sentenced to the maximum 57 months in prison for defrauding Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani, as the judge rejected his pleas for leniency given the brazenness of his fraud.