Donald Sterling is no longer the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers. His loss is certainly a win for the Clippers. On Monday, Superior Court Judge, Michael Levanas, ruled that the sale of the Los Angeles Clippers will go to Steve Ballmer, former CEO of Microsoft from January 2000 to February 2014.
The ruling means that the record $2 billion dollar sale can proceed and without an appeal. Donald Sterling failed at stopping his wife Shelly Sterling from selling the Clippers. This is the news that fans had been hoping to hear.
It’s a new day for the Los Angeles Clippers basketball players and Coach, Doc Rivers. Fans will be in their seats. The NBA won’t have to force Donald Sterling out of the league. The ugly cloud that has been hanging over the Clippers is clearing away with this Los Angeles courtroom ruling.
After two doctors declared Donald Sterling incapacitated, his wife, Shelly Sterling, exercised her right to sell the Clippers under the terms of the Sterling Family Trust despite his failed attempts to revoke it and failed attempts by his attorney to convince the judge that Shelly’s sale of the Clippers was a devious scheme. It was clear, legally, that Shelly Sterling had every right to sell the Clippers, and that’s exactly what she did.
While the Clippers might be legally free from Donald Sterling, he has vowed to fight until his last dying breath. This 80-year-old billionaire will undoubtedly find a way to file a string of lawsuits and spend his last days in the courtroom rather than enjoying a lifestyle of leisure. Whoever said that money can’t buy happiness…was…in this case…absolutely right!
