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Published 11/04/2009 by Los Angeles Times


Sterlings will pay $2.7 million to settle rental bias suit

Los Angeles Clippers owner and real estate mogul Donald T. Sterling and his wife, Rochelle, have agreed to a record settlement of more than $2.7-million regarding allegations that they discriminated against African Americans, Latinos and families with children at scores...

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Clippers Owner Allegedly Didn't Like To Rent To...
Tenants at some of Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald T. Sterling's more-recently acquired Koreatown properties allege that the basketball magnate weeded out black ... - [11/04/2009 - Los Angeles Weekly]
Clippers owner settles housing bias case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Los Angeles Clippers basketball team owner Donald Sterling has agreed to pay $2.725 million to settle a housing discrimination lawsuit, the ... - [11/03/2009 - Reuters: U.S.]
Justice Department Obtains Record $2.725 Millio...
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Justice Department announced today the largest monetary payment ever obtained by the department in the settlement ... - [11/03/2009 - Financial Services]

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...made statements "indicating that African Americans and Hispanics were not desirable tenants and that they preferred Korean tenants" to occupy buildings...
...properties. "What the government did was go 'fire, aim, ready,' " he said. 'They filed...

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