Donald Sterling Sues TMZ Over Leaked Racist Rant

Posted by | August 11, 2015 08:00 | Filed under: Media/Show Business News Behaving Badly

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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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By: dave-dr-gonzo

David Hirsch, a.k.a. Dave "Doctor" Gonzo*, is a renegade record producer, video producer, writer, reformed corporate shill, and still-registered lobbyist for non-one-percenter performing artists and musicians. He lives in a heavily fortified compound in one of Manhattan's less trendy neighborhoods.

* Hirsch is the third person to use the pseudonym, a not-so-veiled tribute to journalist and author Hunter S. Thompson, with the permission of his predecessors Gene Gaudette of American Politics Journal (currently webmaster and chief bottlewasher at Liberaland) and Stephen Meese at Smashmouth Politics.

13 responses to Donald Sterling Sues TMZ Over Leaked Racist Rant

  1. Budda August 11th, 2015 at 09:16

    These billionaires have a cadre of attorneys on staff, so suing someone is just easy as pie for them ( think of the Trumpster ). They also seem to have big egos and thin skin.

  2. Crushthecan August 11th, 2015 at 09:37

    poor guy can’t even call a spade a spade

  3. Anomaly 100 August 11th, 2015 at 10:37

    Poor thang! His feelings are hurt because everyone knows he’s a racist now.

  4. Tommie August 11th, 2015 at 10:43

    Just another racist with that WWII mentality when it concerns minorities, hope he loses big time!

  5. Suzanne McFly August 11th, 2015 at 10:44

    This idiot has been out of the news and almost forgotten and now his greedy ass wants his name back in the news. Does not seem like the wisest choice. It seems ignorance is bliss and brings a lot of money to these old, white powerful males.

  6. rg9rts August 11th, 2015 at 10:58

    He’ll loose that one too

    • Mike August 11th, 2015 at 11:10

      Agreed, it’s a slam dunk the case will probably never be heard…must be a PR angle to it somewhere we’re not seeing.

      • rg9rts August 11th, 2015 at 11:33

        A tax break for the alzheimers club?

  7. tracey marie August 11th, 2015 at 12:42

    Besides making money and getting expensive baubles from you, why do you think she was with you?

    • Bunya August 11th, 2015 at 14:14

      He’s such a handsome man. It’s soooo obvious she married him for love.

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