I'll return the favor with my enemies. I don't have any money You lied to me and exposed Ohtani's prenuptial contract, and you were my best friend

Feb 09, 2025

I'll return the favor with my enemies. I don't have any money You lied to me and exposed Ohtani's prenuptial contract, and you were my best friend
Shohei Ohtani (left) and Itpay Mizuhara who visited Korea to attend the Seoul Series in March 2024. Sports Chosun DB



I'll return the favor with my enemies. I don't have any money You lied to me and exposed Ohtani's prenuptial contract, and you were my best friend
Mizhara Itpay to appear in court. AFP Yonhap News
Repays grace with enemies. Even media officials resented the former interpreter's brazen excuse.

When he worked as an interpreter and manager of major leaguer Shohei Ohtani, Mizuhara Itpay, who is accused of stealing tens of billions of won from his account and participating in illegal sports gambling, filed a petition in January demanding a commutation.

Mizuhara forged Ohtani's signature and made bank transactions claiming he was Ohtani. Taking aim at Ohtani's location with easy access to his personal information and his sloppiness dedicated solely to exercise, he easily spent the money in his account. He used Ohtani's cash card for his dental treatment and even purchased a baseball card for collectors with the money in Ohtani's account.




In the end, Mizuhara also ordered four years and nine months in prison and $18 million in compensation from the U.S. federal court on the 7th (Korea time). Of the compensation, $17 million (about 24.6 billion won) must be paid to Ohtani and the rest to the U.S. National Tax Service.

I'll return the favor with my enemies. I don't have any money You lied to me and exposed Ohtani's prenuptial contract, and you were my best friend
Ippei Mizuhara, former interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers baseball star Shohei Ohtani expected to be sentenced for bank and tax fraud arrives at federal court on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, in Santa Ana, Calif. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

The U.S. podcast program 'Foultory' revealed the contents of Mizuhara's plea to Judge John Holcomb in January. "Mizuhara insisted that a year and a half of her safe was valid, and it was painful because she had to deal with Ohtani's chores and take care of her pets," said host Scott Brown.

It is undeniable that Ohtani and Mizuhara were very close to each other even taking care of each other's private parts. The most upsetting part, Brown says, is that Mizuhara revealed in this petition the existence of a pre-marriage contract, which is Otani's most personal part. He wrote that one of the reasons he gave on the basis that he `did not get enough (monetary) payoff and suffered from harsh working conditions' was that Ohtani had to sit still even at the site of a prenuptial agreement he had with his wife. Coordinating the schedule of lawyers in Japan and the United States to prepare the prenuptial contract and attending the consultation site were selected as one of the heavy labor of waiting 365 days and 24 hours.




I'll return the favor with my enemies. I don't have any money You lied to me and exposed Ohtani's prenuptial contract, and you were my best friend
Tani Shohei and his wife, Mamiko Tanaka. AFP Yonhap News
Mizuhara complained of the hardships of living, saying, "There were few true vacations all year. Compared to working hours, it was underpaid.'

However, Judge Holcomb determined that Ohtani provided sufficient support by paying Mizuhara tens of millions of won worth of bonuses, presenting luxury brand Porsche cars, and purchasing first-class tickets to the Mizuhara couple. In addition, when the incident was discovered, Mizuhara's personal account reportedly had a cash balance of more than 300 million won in Korean won.

The podcast host, Brown, said "It's so stupid. There was no need to include the private circumstances of Ohtani, who was my best friend, in the letter. a very vile act."




Sports stars, celebrities, and celebrities who have achieved great success, such as Ohtani, usually write prenuptial contracts. It is a kind of safety device that determines the level of property distribution if a variable occurs in the relationship, such as a divorce or sudden death of a spouse.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.