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  • V. Stiviano Allegedly ‘Punched in the Face’ in NYC

    V. Stiviano, the woman who infamously taped the damning video of L.A. Clippers owner Donald Sterling making racist comments, was assaulted by two men in New York City Sunday, her lawyer told ABC News.

    However, no police reports have been filed, and New York Police Department officials said officers did not respond to any incidents involving Stiviano.

    The assault allegedly occurred around 7 p.m. near the Gansevoort Hotel in Manhattan as Stiviano, her sister and friends were leaving a nearby restaurant, said Mac Nehoray, Stiviano’s lawyer.

    Nehoray said Stiviano was examined by a doctor after the incident and found to be “banged up but OK.”

    New York City police officials said they do not expect any charges to emerge.

    “As of now this has no legs,” NYPD officials said.

    According to Nehoray, two men followed her after she exited the restaurant, yelling racial slurs.

    Allegedly, they punched her several times, leaving the right side of her face red and swollen, he said.

    Stiviano didn’t immediately file a police report, because “she had to get out of there,” Nehoray said. “I believe she will file a police report Monday.”

    The alleged incident follows the release of a video filmed for a reality show pilot in 2011 that surfaced on TMZ showing Stiviano sharing disparaging remarks about African-Americans.

    “I don’t understand black people. You give them a little bit of money, they don’t know what to do with it,” she says in the video.

    The original controversy stems from recordings she taped of Sterling’s disparaging remarks to Stiviano, which has outraged NBA fans, players and executives.

    Sterling was banned from the league, fined $2.5 million and is being pushed into selling the team.

    Sterling has made it clear that he isn’t going away without a fight. He sued the NBA Friday for more than $1 billion for its decision.

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  • Shelly Sterling Fights To Keep Clippers

    Shelly Sterling Fights To Keep Clippers

    In the ongoing saga that is the Donald Sterling racist comments, a new wrinkle has been forming. This one involves his estranged wife, Shelly Sterling.

    We’ve told you recently about how Shelly Sterling is suing V. Stiviano, the woman who is heard on the now-infamous recording with Donald Sterling. Shelly says that the money and cars that her husband gave Stiviano were not entirely his to give. They were half hers. And she wants them back.

    This notion of whats-his-is-hers is at the heart of the new development. The NBA has banned Donald Sterling for life over his racist comments. His team does not want him around. Very few people were sorry to see him ridden out of NBA Town on a rail. Most think that he should be forced out of ownership of the L.A. Clippers.

    But here is where Shelly Sterling takes exception. Because what’s his is hers. Shelly Sterling has a 50% stake in the team.

    “I was shocked by what he said. And — well, I guess whatever their decision is — we have to live with it,” Shelly recently told ABC. “But I don’t know why I should be punished for what his actions were.”

    Shelly Sterling has said she would fight to keep the Clippers.

    The NBA had already seen this issue coming, and were ready with a response.

    “Under the NBA Constitution, if a controlling owner’s interest is terminated by a 3/4 vote, all other team owners’ interests are automatically terminated as well,” NBA spokesman Mike Bass said. “It doesn’t matter whether the owners are related as is the case here. These are the rules to which all NBA owners agreed to as a condition of owning their team.”

    Sterling’s attorney begged to differ.

    “We do not agree with the league’s self-serving interpretation of its constitution, its application to Shelly Sterling or its validity under these unique circumstances,” Pierce O’Donnell said. “We live in a nation of laws. California law and the United States Constitution trump any such interpretation.”

    Magic Johnson weighed in on the Sterling ownership issue recently.

    “Those guys are not going to play for anybody (named) Sterling,” Johnson said. “It’s just how it is.”

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