Donald Sterling’s affair with the model 'girlfriend' who exposed him as a racist wasn’t ‘his first rodeo’ and the LA Clippers owner’s wife is the person ‘least fooled and least affected by his ‘grotesque lifestyle’, explosive court papers reveal. Vanessa Stiviano’s lawyer set out a strident defense of the 31-year-old after Rochelle Sterling sued her for embezzling $1.8m – the total gifts and cash Sterling, 80, is said to have given his 31-year-old lover – including a condo, a Ferrari, two Bentleys and a Range Rover. Mac E Nehoray wrote in response to the suit: ‘This is an action brought by a very angry wife whose husband is a highly public figure and who is well known to the “keeping women” other than his wife and who has done so for very many years with a big toothy grin brandishing his sexual prowess in the faces of the Paparazzi and caring less what anyone else thought, the least of which, his own wife’.
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Model Vanessa Stiviano is being sued for $1.8m by Donald Sterling's wife - thought to be behind the leaking of racist comments, believed to be made by LA Clippers owner
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Her lawyer, Mac E Nehoray responded to lawsuit saying Sterling's wife, Rochelle, knew exactly what he was like
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They say: 'At minimum, she has been complicit for over 50 years and, here, particularly, has “looked the other way” if not put hands over her mouth, covered her eyes and attempted to cover her ears'
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Stiviano's attorney added on Sunday that the male voice heard on the 15-minute recording is definitely Sterling's
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He also confirmed the female voice was that of his client's
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But the NBA boss has claimed Stiviano released it in a bid to 'get even' with Rochelle
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Nehoray insisted Stiviano wasn't the one who leak the tape to TMZ
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The news comes as it emerged Shelly Sterling dined with the NBA boss just hours after calling his comments despicable in a public statement
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