Posted on 08/13/2004 2:21:07 PM PDT by swilhelm73
AUGUST 12--Just what the NBA needs, another sex scandal: Donald Sterling, the miserly tycoon who owns the Los Angeles Clippers, testified last year that he regularly paid a Beverly Hills woman for sex, describing her as a $500-a-trick "freak" with whom he coupled "all over my building, in my bathroom, upstairs, in the corner, in the elevator." Sterling's graphic testimony--which came during a two-day pretrial deposition in connection with a lawsuit he filed against the woman, Alexandra Castro--will surely nettle basketball commissioner David Stern, who normally has to explain away the behavior of 20-something athletes, not married 70-year-old club owners worth nearly a billion. During a sworn January 2003 deposition, Sterling denied having a relationship with Castro, though he changed his testimony when questioned again last August. In often explicit detail, Sterling recounted three years of transactions with Castro, whom he met in mid-1999 (below you'll find excerpts from Sterling's deposition). While acknowledging that, "maybe I morally did something wrong," the Clippers owner was not shy when it came to describing hour-long sessions with Castro, whom Sterling credited with "sucking me all night long" and whose "best sex was better than words could express." Testifying that he was "quietly concealing it from the world," Sterling had a blunt appraisal of his "exciting" relationship with Castro: "It was purely sex for money, money for sex, sex for money, money for sex." Sterling, a Los Angeles real estate mogul, bought the Clippers in 1981 for $12.5 million and the franchise--one of the most profitable in the NBA--is now worth more than $200 million. Since Sterling's purchase, the team has amassed the NBA's worst combined record and gained a reputation as a stingy operation that will trade an exceptional player before paying him a superstar's salary. (14 pages)
If she screwed him the way he screwed the Clippers, she's worth every penny he paid her.
A very interesting tale for the champagne room indeed!
Donald Stirling felt his sex addiction took priority over his business franchise. Whatta guy!
$500 a pop, for a guy with his jack? Miserly is right.
Is he single? I am curious how a sinle adult can be in a sex "scandal" with a consenting adult.
Profitable? Amazing, considering the Clips could very well be the worst franchise in the history of pro sports.
He's cheap even with prostitutes. High priced call girls, the really glamorous ones, charge more than that. Its not much for what - a BJ?
Oh yeah and I've the ad for his fancy shmancy condominum in L.A. You can't miss it.
I thought Kerry was the only one kissing up to Castro.
The guy cares nothing about winning -- he just likes the lifestyle and perks that comes with being an owner of a pro sports franchise.
Of course. All guts and no glory. The only thing that surprised me is he was caught with a live girl instead of a live boy. I suppose it counts in his favor he's not a born-again metrosexual.
Proves one thing, some rich guys are strange. Of course, if he really is that miserly, I'd like to see how he cut costs on some of the real estate he's represented.
Sterling is an amatuer!
I thought this was another Kobe story...
LOL! With his wealth, he could afford a wife or a mistress. But's he too cheap to maintain a woman in the style to which she would be accustomed from a man of his means. And I don't think he's the type who looks forward to being a father.
Huh, I wonder if Clinton has asked Sterling for Castro's phone number.
And it doesn't sound like The Smoking Gun folks know much about sports, if they're impressed by this:
Sterling, a Los Angeles real estate mogul, bought the Clippers in 1981 for $12.5 million and the franchise--one of the most profitable in the NBA--is now worth more than $200 million.
The new Charlotte basketball franchise cost $300 million. Think about that -- a brand-new team in a small-market city is worth $100 million more than an established team in the second biggest media market in the country. What does that say about Sterling's mismanagement of the franchise?
LOL!
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