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The Straight Story

(48,121 posts)
Sun May 11, 2014, 06:11 PM May 2014

Sterling's wife pledges to keep stake in Clippers

LOS ANGELES (AP) - In her first interview since the NBA banned her estranged husband, Shelly Sterling said she would fight to keep her share of the Los Angeles Clippers and plans one day to divorce Donald Sterling.

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver has banned Donald Sterling for making racist comments and urged owners to force Sterling to sell the team. Silver added that no decisions had been made about the rest of Sterling's family.

"I don't know why I should be punished for what his actions were," Shelly Sterling said, according to a short story that ABC News posted Sunday with excerpts from her conversation with Barbara Walters.

Shelly Sterling's attorney, Pierce O'Donnell, has said she will fight to retain her 50 percent ownership stake in the team.

http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_268754/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=RnFYsin9

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Sterling's wife pledges to keep stake in Clippers (Original Post) The Straight Story May 2014 OP
Is there some way she can keep her stake without her estranged husband having one? Louisiana1976 May 2014 #1
I am sure there is yeoman6987 May 2014 #2
It would depend on how the NBA ownership is set up. tammywammy May 2014 #3
 

yeoman6987

(14,449 posts)
2. I am sure there is
Sun May 11, 2014, 08:45 PM
May 2014

She didn't spout racist remarks. She is also married to the owner so she automatically owns them through default. Also if she divorces him, she will fight for the team.

tammywammy

(26,582 posts)
3. It would depend on how the NBA ownership is set up.
Sun May 11, 2014, 08:48 PM
May 2014

If it's a contract between only Donald Sterling and the NBA then she'd be SOL. If she's also a part of the membership that does complicate things.

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