As fallout from Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling’s racist comments continues, the latest development has Sterling squaring off against what could possibly be his toughest opponent yet: his wife.
According to Fox Sports, Shelly Sterling is seeking to have her husband declared mentally incompetent to prevent him from stopping the sale of the Clippers to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer for $2 billion.
Here are five things about this ever-growing legal drama that you need to know:
To that end, a four-day competency hearing is scheduled to start July 7 in Los Angeles County Probate Court.
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