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Los Angeles (AFP) - Shohei Ohtani's former interpreter was released on bond and ordered to undergo treatment for gambling addiction on Friday, after his first court appearance since being accused of stealing $16 million from the Japanese baseball star to cover illegal betting losses. Ippei Mizuhara was led into the dock in the federal court building in Los Angeles with shackles around his ankles for a brief hearing before US Magistrate Maria Audero. The 39-year-old's court appearance came a day after he was charged with bank fraud, which carries a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison. Federa...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - Shohei Ohtani's former interpreter was released on bond and ordered to undergo treatment for gambling addiction on Friday after appearing in court for the first time since being accused of stealing $16 million from the Japanese baseball star to cover illegal betting losses. Ippei Mizuhara was led into the dock in the federal court building in Los Angeles with shackles around his ankles for a brief hearing before US Magistrate Maria Audero. The 39-year-old's court appearance came a day after he was charged with bank fraud, which carries a maximum sentence of 30 years in pris...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - The former Japanese-language translator for Shohei Ohtani was charged with bank fraud on Thursday for allegedly stealing more than $16 million from the Los Angeles Dodgers superstar to pay off gambling debts. Ippei Mizuhara, 39, made a series of unauthorized transfers from Ohtani's checking account between November 2021 and January 2024, the Justice Department said. US federal prosecutor Martin Estrada told a press conference there was no evidence to suggest Ohtani was aware of or involved in Mizuhara's illegal gambling activity. "I want to emphasise this point: Mr. Ohtani ...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani said Monday he had never bet on baseball or other sports, declaring himself "saddened and shocked" at allegations his interpreter stole millions of dollars from him to pay off gambling debts. In his first public comments on the scandal which erupted last week and led to the firing of his long-time friend and translator Ippei Mizuhara, Ohtani emphasised he had been the victim of a multi-million-dollar theft. "I never bet on baseball or any other sports and I never have asked somebody to do that on my behalf and I have never went th...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - Shohei Ohtani's interpreter was reportedly fired by the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday as representativesfor the Japanese ace said the baseball superstar had been the victim of "a massive theft." "In the course of responding to recent media inquiries, we discovered that Shohei has been the victim of a massive theft and we are turning the matter over to the authorities," the West Hollywood lawfirm Berk Brettler LLP said in a statement. The Los Angeles Times reported that the firm had looked into the actions of interpreter Ippei Mizuhara after the newspaper learned that Oht...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - The Arizona Diamondbacks upset the Philadelphia Phillies 4-2 to reach the World Series for the first time in 22 years on Tuesday. The Diamondbacks had been left staring at disappointment in their best-of-seven National League Championship Series after defeat in game five at home left them 3-2 down. But after tying the series in game six in Philadelphia on Monday, Arizona sealed a remarkable comeback with another win on the road at Citizens Bank Park to advance to a World Series showdown against the Texas Rangers on Friday. "We just believed in each other, and believed in ou...
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Philadelphia (AFP) - The Texas Rangers booked their place in the World Series with a stunning 11-4 thrashing of the defending champion Houston Astros in Major League Baseball's playoffs on Monday. Adolis Garcia blasted two home runs, with Corey Seager and Nathaniel Lowe also grabbing homers as Texas romped to a victory that completed its 4-3 American League Championship Series win. The result means Texas will advance to the World Series for the first time since losing back-to-back appearances in the Fall Classic in 2010 and 2011. The Rangers are one of six MLB teams never to win the World Seri...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - The Texas Rangers kept their dream of a first-ever World Series crown alive on Tuesday, defeating the Baltimore Orioles 7-1 to seal a 3-0 clean sweep of their American League Division Series. Corey Seager, Adolis Garcia and Nathaniel Lowe all blasted home runs as the Rangers advanced to the AL Championship Series for the first time since 2011. The Rangers are chasing a first ever Major League Baseball championship this postseason, aiming to remove themselves from the list of six clubs who have never won the World Series. Texas reached the MLB showpiece in back-to-back seaso...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - Austin Riley blasted a two-run home run as the Atlanta Braves staged a late fightback to clinch a series-leveling 5-4 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies in the MLB playoffs on Monday. Riley's 376-foot homer in the bottom of the eighth inning completed a superb rally by the top seeded Braves, who had been largely contained by Phillies starting pitcher Zack Wheeler through six innings at Truist Park. The win squared the best-of-five National League Division Series at 1-1 as the teams head to Philadelphia for game three on Wednesday. As well as scoring the go-ahead home ru...
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Miami (AFP) - Tampa Bay Rays star Wander Franco has been placed on indefinite leave as Major League Baseball continues to probe allegations of an improper relationship between the player and a minor, the league said Tuesday. Franco, a shortstop, has not played since being placed on leave last week, ruling him out of the Rays' road series against the San Francisco Giants. On Tuesday, MLB said Franco's leave had been extended indefinitely after an agreement between the league and the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA). "Per an agreement between MLB and the MLBPA, Wander Franco has...
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