Donald Sterling has withdrawn his lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court that accused his wife, Shelly, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver and the league of fraud in the sale of the Clippers.
The move last week came as Sterling’s federal anti-trust lawsuit against the NBA continues.
“We believe that we can more efficiently address all the issues in our pending federal action,” Bobby Samini, one of Sterling’s attorneys, wrote in an email Monday.
Sterling filed the Superior Court lawsuit in July in the midst of the probate court trial that eventually cleared the path for Steve Ballmer to complete his $2-billion purchase of the Clippers.
The lawsuit, which claimed the sale process inflicted “severe emotional distress” on Sterling, sought unspecified damages and an injunction to halt the transaction.
A scheduling hearing in Sterling’s federal lawsuit and the NBA’s counterclaim against him is set for Nov. 6 in U.S District Court in Los Angeles.
Meanwhile, a Superior Court judge dismissed a counterclaim Monday by V. Stiviano — whose recording of Donald Sterling making racial comments led to his ouster as Clippers owner — accusing Shelly Sterling of defamation, the Associated Press reported.
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