Showing posts with label Los Angeles Clippers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Los Angeles Clippers. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Probably negotiating to drop the fine/ban

August 13, 2014 Donald Sterling , Latimes.com 0 Comments
NBA Files Counterclaim Against Donald Sterling

By Nathan Fenno, Aug. 12, 2014, Latimes.com

The NBA filed a counterclaim against Donald Sterling and the Sterling Family Trust in federal court Monday, saying the Clippers owner caused “devastating and incalculable harm” to the league.

Filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles in response to Sterling’s June antitrust lawsuit against the NBA and Commissioner Adam Silver, the counterclaim seeks to recover damages related to the owner’s recorded comments denigrating blacks.

Sterling must indemnify the NBA against losses and litigation according to the league’s constitution and a July 2005 document he signed, the counterclaim said. Shelly Sterling also signed an agreement in May to indemnify the NBA for any litigation costs related to her husband’s lifetime ban from the league, his $2.5-million fine and the franchise’s sale.

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Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Did they drop fine and ban?

Did they drop fine and ban?

August 12, 2014 CBS Los Angeles , Donald Sterling 0 Comments
NBA Finalizes Sale Of LA Clippers


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Thursday, August 7, 2014

So that's 50 Cent, Wale, Elder, now Simmons...

August 07, 2014 Billboard , Donald Sterling 0 Comments
Kiss's Gene Simmons: 'I'm on the Side of Don Sterling'

By Billboard, Aug. 6, 2014, Music.yahoo.com

In doing press for the new AMC series 4th and Loud -- about the KISS-branded Arena Football League team L.A. Kiss -- Simmons was asked if he had followed the Sterling incident.

"I'm on the side of Don Sterling," he replied, before his position was even asked. Although he admits that Sterling is "heinous," he opines that he should have been let off with a fine, since the rant occurred in private.

He goes on to insinuate that all people make racist rants or off-color jokes in private: "Because you say an off-color joke or make a racist rant privately, that causes you to lose a job -- nobody would have a job!"

To prove his point, he offered a slippery-slope argument. "They're going to go after Sterling, and he's going to put a few million dollars out there because he can afford it -- and he's going to ask the paparazzi out there to find videos of all the other team members talking trash and racist rants."

And finally, Simmons linked a loss of privacy to Sterling's fate: "I'm on the side of free speech in the privacy of your own home or privacy of the situation. Big brother has finally crawled in bed with us."

Surprisingly, Simmons claimed earlier in the interview that he supported changing the name of NFL's Washington Redskins. However, these views apparently did not cross over.

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Wednesday, July 30, 2014

And Now This…Sterling vs. Sterling - Sterling wins!

July 30, 2014 And Now This... , Donald Sterling 0 Comments

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Monday, July 28, 2014

Scam lawsuit

July 28, 2014 Donald Sterling , Judge Michael Levanas 0 Comments
Donald Sterling Loses Court Battle To Prevent Sale Of Clippers

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By Nathan Fenno, Jul. 28, 2014, Latimes.com

A judge gave Shelly Sterling a sweeping victory Monday afternoon and cleared the way for Steve Ballmer’s record $2-billion purchase of the Clippers to proceed.

In a tentative oral decision, Judge Michael Levanas ruled in Sterling’s favor on all three counts and rejected virtually all of Donald Sterling’s arguments in the probate trial in Los Angeles Superior Court.

The ruling included the extraordinary step of granting Shelly Sterling’s request for an order that allows the sale to be completed regardless of an appellate court’s intervention.

Levanas also ruled that Shelly Sterling acted properly when two doctors declared her husband mentally incapacitated in May under terms of the Sterling Family Trust before she proceeded to agree to sell the Clippers to Ballmer.

Donald Sterling revoked the trust in June, but Levanas said the court retained jurisdiction over the matter.

Levanas made the announcement after almost two hours of closing arguments between lawyers for Donald Sterling and Shelly Sterling.

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