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【【 Mizuhara bail released from Otani interpreter...Stay off Ohtani - Gambling addiction treated 】】

Shohei Ohtani's former interpreter Mizuhara Ifei has been released on bail.

Local media such as "ESPN" and "The Athletic" reported on the 13th (Korean time) that Mizuhara appeared in the U.S. District Court.

Mizuhara appeared in court in custody. He entered the courtroom with his ankle shackled, and was released immediately after being set on $25,000 bail.

He was released, but conditionally. You cannot leave Central California, the seat of the court, without permission.

Contact with Ohtani is also prohibited. He is accused of stealing money from Ohtani's account to pay off his gambling debt.

In an interview with local media, he also caused a stir by lying that "Otani paid off his gambling debt instead."

He also receives treatment for his gambling addiction. According to the prosecution's indictment, Mizuhara suffered from a serious gambling addiction.

From December 2021 to January, he gambled as many as 19,000 times, lost $182.94 million, earned $142.27 million and owed $40.7 million.

He became surprisingly addicted to gambling that he didn't bet on baseball games.

The process of confirming the prosecution is a process of seeking answers to the accused's guilt or innocence in relation to the prosecution.

If the accused says he is guilty, it will have the same effect as the jury's guilty verdict and the sentence may be imposed by the verdict. If he says he is innocent, an investigation of evidence will proceed.

Mizuhara, who worked as an interpreter for Ohtani, is accused of stealing $16 million from Ohtani's account over two years while making illegal sports bets.

He could face a fine of up to $1 million or up to 30 years in prison after being charged with "bank fraud."