Under oath, Tanaka testified as a defense witness for James Sexton, a junior deputy who helped hide inmate Anthony Brown, changing Brown's name and identity in the computer system.

Tanaka is expected to testify for the defense in this trial that everything done by the sheriff's department was part of their own legitimate investigation into how Anthony Brown got that phone.

Tanaka, 25, went 24-0 with a 1.27 ERA last season in Japan. The Rakuten Golden Eagles are planning to post him for MLB teams to bid, and the Yankees are said to be the team to beat. Yahoo!

Tanaka is listed online at 5-foot-11 and plays the power forward-center postion. The famously private Ohtani, 29, revealed late last month that he had gotten married, adding that his wife was a ...

During that period, the defense contends, "nothing happened in the case." Tanaka's 60-month prison sentence is the longest stretch of any defendant in the Brown case.