Donald Sterling Sues TMZ Over Leaked Racist Rant
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This ought to be fun. TMZ is owned by Harvey Levin, a savvy and well-connected attorney.
Former Clippers owner Donald Sterling has filed a lawsuit against TMZ and former friend V. Stiviano over leaked recordings in which Sterling made racially charged remarks that led to him being stripped of his ownership of the Clippers.
The lawsuit, filed last week, alleges that Stiviano recorded a phone conversation with Sterling in September 2013 and that she or an associate provided the “illicitly” recorded conversation to TMZ in violation of Sterling’s right to privacy. Sterling contends in the suit that he did not know that Stiviano regularly recorded their conversations.
On the recordings, which were published by TMZ on April 25, 2014, Sterling scolds Stiviano for associating with African Americans in public and warned her not to attend Clippers games with black people.
The lawsuit alleges that Stiviano or TMZ doctored the tapes to “reflect conversations … that either never occurred, were grossly distorted and/or stated out of context.”
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