Donald Sterling hires firm to investigate NBA
The NBA had executed their plan.
By getting Shelly Sterling to indemnify the NBA in any lawsuit filed by her husband, the league had removed the target and put it onto Shelly.
That billion-dollar lawsuit? If Donald Sterling won, his wife and family trust would be responsible for the bill. The NBA was out of the fight, silently supporting lawyers for Shelly Sterling on Wednesday at Los Angeles Superior Court.
But that won't work for Donald Sterling, and now, he's doing something about it.
Sterling has hired investigative firms to look for misconduct conducted by the NBA, it's other 29 owners, former commissioner David Stern and current commissioner Adam Silver, according to a report from NBC News.
Since filing his initial response to the NBA's charge for termination, Sterling and his legal team have attempted to show inconsistencies in the NBA's discipline.
Monday, Sterling's attorney, Bobby Samini, said his client was determined to expose the NBA and its owners, saying his client would go on a 'crusade' against the NBA's hypocrisy.
While Shelly Sterling's lawyers were filing paperwork for an expedited probate hearing Wednesday, Samini again mentioned the NBA's history with gender discrimination lawsuits, pointing to a 2012 suit filed by Brynn Cohn.
Cohn, a former senior account executive with the NBA, filed a $3million suit alleging the NBA forced her and two other women with young children out of jobs.
The case was settled out of court and sealed, according to Samini.
In Donald Sterling's camp's opinion, the NBA is making 'the easy play' by watching the Sterlings fight for control of the team in court.
Samini also pointed to a comment Adam Silver made Tuesday at halftime of Game 3 of the NBA Finals, when Silver said, 'The focus obviously shouldn't be on me or the NBA. This is about Donald Sterling and his conduct.'
Samini said his client wasn't willing to go down alone.
'If this is time to clean house,' Samini said Wednesday, 'let's clean house.'
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