NBA alleges Sterling-led Clippers tried to cover up scandal
By JAMES RAINEY, NATHAN FENNO
Donald Sterling tried to persuade companion V. Stiviano to say the Clippers owner was not responsible for the inflammatory statements about blacks after a now infamous audio recording became public, according to the NBA’s 30-page formal allegation that the league is using to try and get Sterling removed as owner.
The charges, obtained by the Los Angeles Times, said that Sterling's attempt to alter Stiviano's statements was part of an effort by Sterling — aided by his wife, Shelly, and Clippers President Andy Roeser — to evade responsibility for the recording that has enveloped the Clippers owner in controversy for nearly a month.
One of the six counts issued Monday accuses the Sterling-led Clippers organization of "destroying evidence relating to the recording, providing false and misleading information to [Chief NBA Investigator David] Anders in connection with the commissioner's investigation of the recording and issuing a false and misleading public statement on April 26 regarding the authenticity of the TMZ recording."
It also says there is ample evidence that Sterling and his wife are not estranged, as has been suggested. The charges say the couple is "inextricably intertwined" and cites multiple instances of them appearing together, including at Clippers games and in the two days immediately after the recording became public.
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