Los Angeles Clipper’s owner Donald Sterling. LOS ANGELES (AP) — The chief financial officer of Donald Sterling’s properties says the billionaire may be forced to sell a large portion of his real estate empire to cover $500 million in loans if he persists in refusing to sell the Los Angeles Clippers for $2 billion. Darren […]
Author Archives: Linda Deutsch
AP Special Correspondent
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Sterling Now Claims He Won’t Sell Clippers, Calls Wife Pig
Donald Sterling LOS ANGELES (AP) — Donald Sterling denounced his wife, her lawyers and the NBA from the witness stand Wednesday, saying he would never sell the Los Angeles Clippers and vowing a lifetime of lawsuits against the league. “Make no mistake today,” Sterling shouted toward the end of his second day of testimony in […]
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Details Disclosed in Drug Related Rape Investigations of 5 Time Pro Bowl Ex-NFL Star
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prosecutors charged former NFL safety Darren Sharper on Friday with raping and drugging two women in California and disclosed he is under investigation in connection with five more drug-related rapes in three other states. Sharper briefly appeared in Los Angeles Superior Court, where his arraignment was postponed until Feb. 20 at […]
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Jury gets case claiming concert promoter negligent in hiring doctor who killed Michael Jackson
LOS ANGELES (AP) — After a bitterly fought five-month trial, a negligence lawsuit by Michael Jackson’s mother against his concert promoter was placed in the hands of a jury Thursday after a final plea by a Jackson lawyer to punish the company he portrayed as a heartless, money-making machine. Attorney Brian Panish, who represents Katherine […]
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Chris Brown Sentenced to 1,000 Hours Community Labor
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge reinstated Chris Brown’s revoked probation Friday and gave the singer a new sentence to perform 1,000 hours of community labor such as cleaning beaches or highways, removing graffiti or performing other chores assigned by the probation department. Brown’s current legal troubles are the latest repercussions of his arrest four […]
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Jackson Doctor's Girlfriends Testify Unveiling His Complicated Web of Relationships
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dr. Conrad Murray’s complicated love life became entangled with the life and death of his patient Michael Jackson, prosecutors suggested Tuesday as they called a parade of women witnesses who received phone calls from the doctor as Jackson was near death. The evidence was designed to show that the doctor was […]
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Michael Jackson Saw Salvation in Dangerous Drug
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael Jackson was physically exhausted from a day of grueling rehearsals for his marathon 50-night comeback tour. But his nightly battle with insomnia had just begun. After showering and getting into bed, he called for his “milk,” a powerful drug he had been using to escape into unconsciousness. Jackson saw the […]
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Attorneys for Jackson Doctor File Emergency Appeal
LOS ANGELES (AP) — In an 11th hour appeal, lawyers for Michael Jackson’s doctor sought to overturn a judge’s refusal to sequester jurors, arguing they would be “poisoned” by publicity unless they were kept in isolation during the involuntary manslaughter trial. Attorneys late Friday also asked to halt the start of jury selection on Sept. […]