LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge has ruled against Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling and cleared the way for the $2 billion sale of the team to ex-Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer.
Judge Michael Levanas sided Monday with Sterling’s estranged wife in the case that arose after the 80-year-old billionaire was banned by the NBA for making offensive remarks about blacks.
Shelly Sterling sought the court’s approval for the deal she negotiated after taking control of a family trust and removing her husband as a trustee after two doctors found he had Alzheimer’s disease and couldn’t manage his affairs.
Donald Sterling claimed his wife deceived him about the medical exams.
Sterling has vowed to fight the NBA until his death and is expected to continue to wage court battles to stop the sale.
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“Donald Sterling claimed his wife deceived him about the medical exams.”
Donnie, Donnie, Donnie. It’s the lawyer who’s deceiving you. He just wants your money honey. You are the only one who doesn’t get it. No one will coach for you. No one will play for you. How are you going to get empty uniforms out on the court to play a game of basketball? Better still, when no league games are scheduled against a team named Clippers, how are you going to sell tickets for the game? Does any of this ring a bell for you Donnie?
Take your share of the sale of the team and go find a nice island somewhere to retire to.
I wonder whether the Sterling wife is right or whether she is getting even.
No reason she can’t be both. Sterling screwed around on her for years, and used her to help antagonize some of the tenants on his rental properties. Sterling’s a Grade A jackass and he deserves every inch of this, Alzheimer’s or no.
I hope he ties up the NBA for years, and I don’t even care if he loses. How can the NBA force him to sell a business investment that has increased many times over since he has owned it, and has been very profitable? If they want to ban him from taking an active, public part in the operation of the league, then fine, he can continue to hold the team in a blind trust.
Now we see displayed the underbelly of the ruling class and folks, it aint pretty, is it?