Money

Shohei Ohtani's ex-translator and best friend, Ippei Mizuhara, will plead guilty to multiple federal charges -- after admitting to taking nearly $17 million from the Dodgers superstar -- and now faces up to 3+ decades in prison!

On Wednesday, The United States Justice Department announced that 39-year-old Mizuhara would soon face the music after agreeing to plead guilty to one count of bank fraud and one count of filing a false tax return for the extensive, multi-year fraud.

"The extent of this defendant’s deception and theft is massive,” United States Attorney Martin Estrada said of Ippei's actions.

Steve-O is leaving Los Angeles -- no less than a week after announcing he was hightailing it out of town ... the guy's put his abode on the market, and it's actually a damn good deal.

Real estate sources tell TMZ ... the 'Jackass' star recently listed his Hollywood Hills home, this as he gets ready to completely shift his life over to Tennessee to reap the tax benefits and adjust to a new way of life -- including owning a new ranch he showed off.

Of course, with the purchase of one property ... he's looking to unload his crib in L.A., and he's listing it for a cool $1.799 mil.

Barbara Walters' longtime New York City home was going to belong to someone new late last year -- but that sale fell through, and after a big price drop ... someone else has entered the chat.

Real estate sources tell TMZ that the late news anchor's longtime NYC apartment -- which she'd lived in since 1989 -- has once again found another prospective buyer ... this after somebody who was supposed to buy the crib back in November pulled out.

Unclear what the person who's now down to purchase it plunked down with an offer -- but our sources say the realtors are under contract with someone ... and trying to finalize things.

Tom Selleck got everyone worried this week that he was strapped for cash and possibly at risk of losing his beloved California ranch -- but as it turns out ... he wasn't being literal.

Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ ... Tom's interview with CBS Sunday Morning this past weekend -- in which he first made the shocking revelation that he might have to give up his ranch now that "Blue Bloods" is going off the air -- was more hyperbole than reality.

We're told TS was more so using his 63-acre California ranch as an example of his hunger to want to keep working -- something else he made very clear in that televised sit-down.

3:52 PM PT -- 50's attorneys, Reena Jain and Blank Rome, tell TMZ … "Despite being given ample opportunity to retract a false and malicious retaliatory accusation, Ms. Narvaez has shamefully chosen to interfere with her 11-year-old son’s relationship with his loving father by falsely calling him a 'rapist.'"

They add, "The motivation behind this appears to be Ms. Narvaez’s unfortunate entanglement and misguided loyalty to Mr. Combs, who we believe to be underwriting this attack and whom Mr. Jackson has been warning Ms. Narvaez and others about for many years."

50 Cent's through trolling his ex, now he's brought lawyers into it, and he's suing Daphne Joy for publicly accusing him of rape and physical abuse.

In docs filed Monday, and obtained by TMZ, 50 blasts Daphne for her Instagram post from March 28, where she made the allegation behind his lawsuit -- and he says she only did it because it came out that he was going to seek sole custody of their son, Sire.

50 says he only made that decision about Sire after Daphne was labeled a "sex worker" in the Rodney Jones lawsuit against Diddy -- and he claims she retaliated with the open letter to him, posted on IG.

Rick Ross' estate caught a few strays in his short-lived rap battle with Drake but the Bawse is currently making $20 million tweaks to his property as we speak!

Last weekend, construction spearheaded by celebrity homebuilder Manny Angelo Varas, President and CEO of MV Group USA, kicked off at Rozay's 37 Star Island mansion.

We broke the story last August ... Rozay dropped a cool $35 million on the 6-bedroom, 9-bathroom palace with the intent to tack on major upgrades ... and we're told there's a target date to finish by the end of the year.

12:21 PM PT -- El ex fiscal federal Michael Zeldin estuvo en "TMZ Live" en martes para discutir por qué a Stormy Daniels se le permitió entrar en todos estos supuestos detalles acerca de su tiempo con Donald Trump si no es exactamente relevante para el delito que se ha alegado... y él tuvo una respuesta para nosotros.

Échale un vistazo... Zeldin dice que los fiscales de este caso quieren que el jurado crea que Stormy es confiable, y la única manera de hacerlo es poniendo al descubierto todo lo que ella dice que sabe. En otras palabras, todo es cuestión de credibilidad, y sacar estas cosas a la luz supuestamente le ayudará a hacer eso.

Stormy Daniels está testificando en el juicio de Donald Trump, y dice que él le dijo que él y su esposa -Melania Trump- en realidad no duermen juntos... y esto fue en 2006.

12:21 PM PT -- Former federal prosecutor Michael Zeldin came on "TMZ Live" Tuesday to discuss why Stormy Daniels was being allowed to get into all these alleged details about her time with Donald Trump if it isn't exactly relevant to the crime that's been alleged ... and he had an answer for us.

Take a look ... Zeldin says prosecutors for this case want the jury to believe Stormy is credible -- and the only way to do that is to lay bare everything she says she knows. In other words, it's all about believability ... and her spilling the alleged tea will help in doing that.

Stormy Daniels is testifying in Donald Trump's hush money trial -- and she says he told her he and his wife, Melania Trump, don't really sleep together ... and this was back in 2006.

Drake sent the latest shot in his Kendrick Lamar beef, but fans -- actually trolls -- might have the last say by flocking to GoFundMe to mock him, and potentially profit off his rap demise ... which the company's shutting down.

Here's the deal ... as the dust possibly settles on the rap front -- most pundits say Kendrick's won -- people online are still having a field day over all the back and forth between these two hip-hop titans, and some are even running to GFM to raise a buck ... or that was the plan.

Indeed, a ton of people created fake GoFundMe campaigns over the past 24 hours or so ... and a lot of them are at Drake's expense, soliciting funds to celebrate his metaphorical burial ... if you buy he's lost the 2024 rap war.

Tom Selleck is apparently still very much a working actor -- to the point that he says he's worried about losing one of his properties now that his famous show is going off the air.

He made the startling revelation on CBS Sunday Morning this weekend -- where he was being interviewed about the fact 'Blue Bloods' had finally been canceled after 14 seasons ... where he served as the lead star for all them, playing the head honcho of the NYPD.

Now that his most consistent gig is getting the axe, Tom says he's not so sure he can afford his 63-acre ranch in Cali ... and while that might sound like a joke, homeboy ain't playing.

The biggest night in fashion is underway and the biggest names from around the world are ready to climb the iconic Metropolitan Museum Of Art stairs ... and they all look wide awake!

Vogue's EIC Anna Wintour spared no expense to create an eye-popping exhibit in NYC, with this year's theme being 'Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion.' And, it looks like the celebs didn't skimp on the style either, nor were they dozing off as they made an entrance.

Peep the stars who've already shown up -- you had the likes of Bad Bunny, Zendaya, Chris Hemsworth and Jennifer Lopez show up bright and early to lead the charge ... fitting, since they're the A-list co-chairs of the shindig. Ashely Graham dropped in and made a splash too.

La noche más grande de la moda está en marcha y las celebridades más importantes de todo el mundo están listas para subir las escaleras del icónico Metropolitan Museum Of Art.

Anna Wintour, directora ejecutiva de Vogue, no ha escatimado en gastos para crear una impresionante exposición en Nueva York, con el tema de este año: "Bellas durmientes: Reawakening Fashion". Y parece que las celebrities tampoco escatimaron en estilo, ni se quedaron dormidas mientras hacían su entrada.

Echa un vistazo a las estrellas que ya han aparecido, entre ellos Bad Bunny, Zendaya, Chris Hemsworth y Jennifer López, quienes llegaron temprano para liderar la noche, algo muy apropiado considerando que son los copresidentes de la fiesta.

Parece que Tom Selleck sigue siendo un actor muy trabajador, pero ahora le preocupa perder una de sus propiedades ahora que su famosa serie va a dejar de emitirse.

Hizo la sorprendente revelación en CBS Sunday Morning este fin de semana, donde fue entrevistado sobre el hecho de que "Blue Bloods" finalmente fue cancelada después de 14 temporadas, donde se desempeñó como la estrella principal para todos ellos, interpretando al jefe de la policía de Nueva York.

Ahora que su proyecto más consistente está llegando a su fin, Tom dice que no está tan seguro de que pueda pagar su rancho de 63 acres en California, y mientras que podría sonar como una broma, parece que no está jugando.

La aparentemente interminable campaña de prensa de Ryan Gosling para su nueva película de acción aparentemente no convenció a los posibles espectadores, porque la película no lo hizo muy bien, aunque esto aún no ha terminado.

La última oferta del actor -"The Fall Guy"- que estaba siendo fuertemente promovida las últimas semanas- tuvo un fin de semana de apertura de taquilla decepcionante, habiendo recaudado solo 28.5 millones de dólares a nivel nacional, esto después de que las proyecciones la situaran entre los 30 y los 40 millones de dólares.

En el extranjero, la película recaudó 25.4 millones de dólares más, con lo que su estreno total se situó en torno a los 65 millones de dólares.

El marido de Rachel Lindsay dice que no está haciendo mucho dinero estos días, y esa es la razón por la que está pidiendo pensión alimenticia, por no hablar de acceso al dinero inmovilizado en su casa.

Bryan Abasolo -con quien Rachel se casó después de su carrera en "The Bachelorette"- presentó nuevos documentos legales en su caso de divorcio que detalla una situación financiera grave de su parte. Básicamente, el tipo dice que está en una situación desesperada y necesita apoyo conyugal.

Según la documentación obtenida por TMZ, Bryan dice que solo hizo $16.000 el año pasado, algo que él afirma que se atribuye a poner su carrera en espera de Rachel. Esta es también la razón por la que él dice que necesita pensión alimenticia inmediatamente.

Ryan Gosling's seemingly never-ending press run for his new action movie apparently didn't sway prospective theater-goers -- 'cause the flick didn't do all that great ... but it ain't over yet.

The actor's latest offering, "The Fall Guy" -- which was getting heavily promoted in recent weeks -- had a disappointing box office opening weekend -- having raked in just $28.5 million domestically ... this after projections had it pegged for between $30 and $40 mil.

Overseas, 'TFG' made an extra $25.4 mil ... bringing its total debut haul to around $65M.