Santa Anna, California. – A federal judge sentenced IP Mizohara, a former spokesperson of Los Angeles Dodgers, who was convicted of cheating on Los Angeles Dodgers ‘superstar, on Thursday, a federal judge sentenced the Los Angeles Dodgers’ superstar Shohi Ohtani.
Mazhara sat quietly, and there was no clear reaction when Judge John W. Holkomb read the phrase, which included three years of supervision release and rehabilitation of over 18 million millions of miles and internal revenue service.
The punishment was exactly what the government had applied for premature filing. Masohara requested an 18 -month sentence after proving a crime for a bank fraud in June and filing a false tax return.
The reasoning of the sentence, partially, was due to a pre -lining letter to the Mizohra court, which Holkum said, “was filled with misrepresentation and mistakes.”
“I don’t give him any credit.”
Masohara also spoke briefly for sentenced, and apologizing to Ohtani, his family, Dodgers and the United States government. He told the judge, “I beg for your mercy, and I promise that I will take the most of this.”
After the hearing on Thursday, Masohara refused to comment. He will have to report to the jail scheduled by noon on March 24. He requested imprisonment in southern California.
Mizohara, 40, did not have any friends or relatives, though many wrote to the judge from him.
Ohtani filed a statement of the affected effect in the court under the cell. The victims have the right to file their statements in such a way that they can avoid being public. He was not present at the hearing.
The Holocaomb conviction concludes the 11 -month trial, which shook the baseball universe at the beginning of the 2024 season. Masohara worked with Othani for more than a decade, which in 2013 met Nippon Ham’s fighters in Otani’s game days. He served as his spokesperson, a personal assistant, home -run derby and a close friend.
His professional relations ended in March, when the Dodgers fired Meshahara after allegations of stealing around the long -standing confession. The Dodgers were in South Korea, suffering a padreress to open this season. Masohara initially told Dodgers, and in the interview, Ohtani borrowed from paying gambling loans.
The story rapidly exposed, and the prosecutor officially alleged that Mashahara made hundreds of millions of dollars with an illegal book maker and stole the money to pay Boki. He said that Masohara paid a betting loan to reach one of Othani’s bank account, which reached more than $ 40.6 million.
Earned first in the audio Athletic In January, through the Department of Justice, Mazhara called the bank, and he duplicated Ohtani in hopes of wiring of 000 200,000 from his account. He made numerous calls like this, and made fake email addresses, pretending to be an oath.
In a letter to the judge already, Masohara claimed that he operates through “severely low salary” and Ohtani, who relied on them daily wrongdoing in most parts of the calendar year. Mizohara also said that he had made gambling addiction.
“Even though I always told myself that I would win all this, because it became clear to me that it was impossible, I think I have just closed,” Masohara wrote in a January 23 letter. “But he didn’t stop me from making further conditions. If I did not make any active condition, I felt really anti -and upset. I felt the pressure to be in the game.
Mizohara and Ohtani shared many podiums together. The Seoul Series will mark the end of this relationship. (Battle YunG / AFP via Getty Images)
Holkomb pressed the claims and his lawyer Michael Friedman. The judge was especially interested in Mizohara’s mistakes that Ohtani paid for the spokesperson’s rent, indicated it regularly in the amount of five figures, gave it a porch, and he and his wife to the world. Pay to fly throughout.
The judge also agreed with the prosecution, who noted that Masohara did not make any attempt to pay back to Ohtani, and he won permanently, stealing Ohtani to pay the loss.
In this way, he rejected Masohara’s claim that he was living a “pay check” because he always had money in his bank account.
Mizohara’s lawyer, Fredman, admitted that a part of Masohara’s letter was “poor words”.
While the prosecution and Fredman said that Masohara had claimed full responsibility for his actions, Holkomb did not agree with Fredman’s claim that his client immediately had. It is “bothered.” He pointed towards the early ESPN Article that broke this scandalIn which Masohara claimed that Ohtani was familiar with the gambling addiction of Masohara and helped to pay the debt.
Holkom asked, “Why is he not giving me the whole picture?”
The Holkomb also raised the issue with Fredman’s argument that the stolen important amount should not be considered an element of punishment, the unique nature of the matter and its victim. His argument was that Mizohra was given an important line by Buckmaker Matthew Boyer because of his belonging to Ohtani. Finally, the amount of the stolen money paid an element in the Holocomb sentence.
Prosecutor Jeff Mitchell also continued to retreat against Mizohara’s letter, and reiterated in court that he provided excuses for his behavior rather than realizing his crimes.
The government filed a January 30, saying, “Instead of revealing the real remorse,” it seems that Mr. Ohtani has tried to justify theft of millions of dollars. “
Both Fredman and Prosecutors believe that Mashara will be deported back to his native country of Japan. He is a legal permanent resident of the United States, and has grown up in southern California, but is not a citizen. Coming to the crime can be the basis of deportation, though its possibility will not be resolved unless he ends his prison sentence.
“Both the jail time and the compensation reflect the seriousness of the crime, and send a strong message to others that can decide to engage in such behavior.” .
“This is a high level version of something that happens all the time. A dishonest person takes advantage of the confidence he has in them.
(Photo of Mizohara leaving court on Thursday: Frederick J. Brown / AFP through the Getty Images)
