Donald Sterling is telling you…he’s not going!
Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has changed his mind and has decided not to support the sale of the team to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer for $2 billion and will pursue his $1 billion federal lawsuit against the NBA, his attorney said Monday.
‘We have been
instructed to prosecute the lawsuit,’ said attorney Maxwell Blecher. He
said co-owner Donald Sterling would not be signing off on the deal to
sell.
Sterling issued a one-page statement dated Monday titled ‘The Team is not for Sale’ and said that ‘from the onset, I did not want to sell the Los Angeles Clippers.’
His full statement reads:
To be clear, I am extremely sorry for
the hurtful statements I made privately. I made those statements in
anger and out of jealousy all in the context of a private conversation.
While this is not an excuse for the statements, like every other
American, I never imagined that my private conversation would be made
public.
Many things have been said about me
in the media which are not true. I believe that Adam Silver acted in
haste by illegally ordering the forced sale of the Clippers, banning me
for life from the NBA and imposing the fine. Adam Silver’s conduct in
doing so without conducting any real investigation was wrong.
The action taken by Adam Silver and
the NBA constitutes a violation of my rights and fly in the face of the
freedoms that are afforded to all Americans.
I have decided that I must fight to
protect my rights. While my position may not be popular, I believe that
my rights to privacy and the preservation of my rights to due process
should not be trampled.
I love the team and have dedicated 33 years of my life to the organization. I intend to fight to keep the Team.
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