Starz is growing a brand new TV drama collection concerning the playing scandal involving the translator for Los Angeles Dodgers baseball participant Shohei Ohtani.

In March 2024, Ippei Mizuhara was accused of stealing tens of millions of {dollars} from Ohtani to repay his playing money owed and he was fired by the Dodgers amid the controversy. He pleaded responsible in June 2024 to financial institution fraud and tax evasion fees and was sentenced to almost 5 years in jail.

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Air‘s Alex Convery will function showrunner and author of the collection with Quick and Livid director Justin Lin connected as director and co-writer.

THR studies that the official logline notes the collection will inform “the within story of Shohei Ohtani’s translator Ippei Mizuhara, who journeys from unemployed drifter to worldwide icon solely to seek out himself tangled in a playing scandal that rocked the sports activities world.”

Ohtani lately revealed the shocking TV collection that he has been watching.