The court also ordered Mizuhara to pay Ohtani $17 million in restitution, the applicable amount listed when Mizuhara struck a May 2024 plea deal with prosecutors, and a fine of more than $1 million to the Internal Revenue Service.

The former interpreter of Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani, Ippei Mizuhara, is set to serve 57 months in prison on top of paying $17 million in restitution and another $1.1 million to the IRS.

Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter convicted of stealing nearly $17 million from Shohei Ohtani, was sentenced to 57 months in prison on Thursday, according to The Athletic's Sam Blum.