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V stiviano donald sterling, Donald Sterling's wife worried about keeping the billionaire's alleged gay lifestyle a secret when she first got to know the younger woman she's now suing for $3.6 million, V. Stiviano testified Friday.
Shelly Sterling pulled Stiviano aside at a Christmas party in 2011 to assess her "intentions" and stress how much the Clippers owner valued his reputation.
"She mentioned to me Mr. Sterling was very private about his gay life and she wanted to keep it very confidential," Stiviano said under oath in Los Angeles.
She then said Sterling's younger male friend Mo Fawaz regularly traveled with the real estate mogul and received more than a million dollars for his companionship.
"Mo has be Mr. Sterling's very special friend for the past 20 years. Every single trip we took, Mo was with us," she testified Friday.
"My client was basically a beard," Stiviano's lawyers said when asked about Fawaz outside court Friday. The statement echoed a filing he made in the case last year.
Stiviano took the stand to defend herself from a civil court claim filed last year by Shelly Sterling.Donald Sterling's wife of more than 50 years sued Stiviano alleging the 32-year-old was a serial gold digger who used fraud to get $3.6 million worth of the couple's community property.
Stiviano denied she ever had sex with Sterling. She testified he willingly gave her money from his personal property, not community property, and helped her buy a Spanish-style duplex, Ferrari, Bentley and Range Rover.
She said they cared for each other deeply during the years she spent as his full-time confidante and personal advisor.
They got so close, in fact, that Sterling allegedly encouraged her to adopt two boys, ages 10 and 11 years old, that met through the foster care system, Stiviano testified.
She said Sterling went with her to court on several occasions to support the adoption process.
"He was verifying employment for me and stating he was one source of income," she said. "He wanted to expedite it for me."Shelly Sterling's lawyer said in his closing arguments Friday that it was "flatly wrong" to say Stiviano was entitled to the money and gifts.
He scoffed at Stiviano's testimony that she received legitimate income from Sterling.
"The evidence shows she was earnestly trying to marry him." O'Donnell said, calling Stiviano more of a "paramour than an employee."
In his dueling closing argument, Nehoray compared Shelly Sterling's lawsuit to a wife trying to recover her husband's gambling losses from a casino.
"That's now how it works," Nehoray said.
The judge overseeing the non-jury bench trial is expected to rule in the next two weeks.It was last April that a recording surfaced in which Sterling was heard telling Stiviano he didn't approve of her public association with black men.
The shocking comments caused a public backlash and forced the Sterlings to sell their beloved NBA basketball team to Microsoft executive Steve Ballmer for a record $2 billion.
Stiviano made the recording but has denied she leaked it to TMZ.com.
She told the Daily News on Friday that she plans to move to New York in the next few weeks to pursue a career in the fashion industry.
She said the lawsuit was filed in March 2014 out of revenge after she decided to move on with her life and refused to sign a non-disclosure agreement requested by the Sterlings.
Stiviano said she doesn't believe Sterling, 80, suffers from symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, as his wife has claimed.
Shelly Sterling pulled Stiviano aside at a Christmas party in 2011 to assess her "intentions" and stress how much the Clippers owner valued his reputation.
"She mentioned to me Mr. Sterling was very private about his gay life and she wanted to keep it very confidential," Stiviano said under oath in Los Angeles.
She then said Sterling's younger male friend Mo Fawaz regularly traveled with the real estate mogul and received more than a million dollars for his companionship.
"Mo has be Mr. Sterling's very special friend for the past 20 years. Every single trip we took, Mo was with us," she testified Friday.
"My client was basically a beard," Stiviano's lawyers said when asked about Fawaz outside court Friday. The statement echoed a filing he made in the case last year.
Stiviano took the stand to defend herself from a civil court claim filed last year by Shelly Sterling.Donald Sterling's wife of more than 50 years sued Stiviano alleging the 32-year-old was a serial gold digger who used fraud to get $3.6 million worth of the couple's community property.
Stiviano denied she ever had sex with Sterling. She testified he willingly gave her money from his personal property, not community property, and helped her buy a Spanish-style duplex, Ferrari, Bentley and Range Rover.
She said they cared for each other deeply during the years she spent as his full-time confidante and personal advisor.
They got so close, in fact, that Sterling allegedly encouraged her to adopt two boys, ages 10 and 11 years old, that met through the foster care system, Stiviano testified.
She said Sterling went with her to court on several occasions to support the adoption process.
"He was verifying employment for me and stating he was one source of income," she said. "He wanted to expedite it for me."Shelly Sterling's lawyer said in his closing arguments Friday that it was "flatly wrong" to say Stiviano was entitled to the money and gifts.
He scoffed at Stiviano's testimony that she received legitimate income from Sterling.
"The evidence shows she was earnestly trying to marry him." O'Donnell said, calling Stiviano more of a "paramour than an employee."
In his dueling closing argument, Nehoray compared Shelly Sterling's lawsuit to a wife trying to recover her husband's gambling losses from a casino.
"That's now how it works," Nehoray said.
The judge overseeing the non-jury bench trial is expected to rule in the next two weeks.It was last April that a recording surfaced in which Sterling was heard telling Stiviano he didn't approve of her public association with black men.
The shocking comments caused a public backlash and forced the Sterlings to sell their beloved NBA basketball team to Microsoft executive Steve Ballmer for a record $2 billion.
Stiviano made the recording but has denied she leaked it to TMZ.com.
She told the Daily News on Friday that she plans to move to New York in the next few weeks to pursue a career in the fashion industry.
She said the lawsuit was filed in March 2014 out of revenge after she decided to move on with her life and refused to sign a non-disclosure agreement requested by the Sterlings.
Stiviano said she doesn't believe Sterling, 80, suffers from symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, as his wife has claimed.
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