FILE - In this Aug. 28, 2014, file photo, Shelly Sterling, wife of former Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, smiles during an interview in Los Angeles. Shelly Sterling is going after the $2.5 million in real estate and cars her husband lavished on his girlfriend, V. Stiviano, in a trial scheduled to begin Wednesday, March 25, 2015, in Los Angeles Superior Court. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
Republished March 25, 2015 - 5:48 PM
Original Publication Date March 25, 2015 - 9:25 AM
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - The man who lost ownership of the LA Clippers because of racial remarks says the woman who recorded his offensive words got her name on a house he purchased because she's black and Hispanic.
Donald Sterling testified Wednesday in a Los Angeles court during his wife's lawsuit that claims he was deceived into lavishing V. Stiviano with millions of dollars in gifts.
Sterling says he paid for Stiviano's $1.8 million duplex because she's poor and her family is on welfare.
Sterling noted that Stiviano is black and Hispanic, and he says she befriended a Hispanic bank employee and illegally got her name on a check for the house that should belong to him.
Shelly Sterling seeks $3.6 million her husband gave the younger woman that she says was her joint property.
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