V. Stiviano, the woman at the center of the NBA scandal, said she did not leak the audio of racist remarks that probably will cost Donald Sterling ownership of the Los Angeles Clippers, and she hoped Sterling would apologize publicly for his hurtful comments.
She also said she does not believe he is a racist.
"I think he’s highly more traumatized and hurt by the things that he said himself,” she told Barbara Walters of ABC News on Friday. “I think he can’t even believe or understand sometimes the thing he says, and I think he’s hurt by it. He’s hurting right now."
She added: “I think Mr. Sterling is from a different generation than I am. I think he was brought up to believe these things … segregation, whites and blacks. But through his actions he’s shown that he’s not a racist. He’s shown to be a very generous and kind man.”
The television interview was Stiviano's first since the NBA commissioner slapped Sterling with a lifetime ban and a $2.5 million fine on Tuesday for his racial remarks about minorities in a recording that Stiviano said she made with Sterling's permission.
She told Walters she would record their conversations, and share them with friends. Stiviano said a friend leaked the 9 1/2-minute audio to TMZ. She did not apologize for allowing the private conversation to be leaked by "a friend."
She told Walters that this "was not the first time" that Sterling had expressed racist views. In the audio, Sterling asked her why she posed in public with black men, like former NBA star Magic Johnson, and he urged her not to bring minorities to Clippers games.
“There’s been a number of occasions where Mr. Sterling and I had conversations just like this one. This was one of very many,” Stiviano said. “Part of what the world heard was only 15 minutes. There’s a number of other hours that the world doesn’t know.”
Stiviano said people around Sterling would say negative things about her to him and “poison his mind and heart," and that would lead him to say certain things. She did not say what she would do with the remaining hours of audio.
Stiviano, 31, insisted she was never Sterling's mistress, calling herself his "silly rabbit," and saying she thought of him as a "father figure."
But Sterling's wife, Rochelle, has filed a lawsuit against Stiviano, seeking the return of community property given to her by Sterling without Rochelle Sterling's permission. Those items are valued at roughly $2 million, and include a share of a $1.8 million home, luxury vehicles and cash. In the documents, Rochelle Sterling portrays Stiviano as a gold digger who seduces wealthy older men. Stiviano did not answer these allegations.
Sterling, 80, has owned the Clippers since 1981. The New York Post reported Thursday that Sterling is battling cancer.
Since the scandal broke, Stiviano has been seen wearing a ridiculously large visor over her face, which she said was not a fashion statement: It made it "easier to mask the pain," she said.
Now that she has spoken publicly about the scandal, does she think Sterling will deliver a public apology?
“God only knows,” Stiviano said.
She also said she does not believe he is a racist.
"I think he’s highly more traumatized and hurt by the things that he said himself,” she told Barbara Walters of ABC News on Friday. “I think he can’t even believe or understand sometimes the thing he says, and I think he’s hurt by it. He’s hurting right now."
She added: “I think Mr. Sterling is from a different generation than I am. I think he was brought up to believe these things … segregation, whites and blacks. But through his actions he’s shown that he’s not a racist. He’s shown to be a very generous and kind man.”
The television interview was Stiviano's first since the NBA commissioner slapped Sterling with a lifetime ban and a $2.5 million fine on Tuesday for his racial remarks about minorities in a recording that Stiviano said she made with Sterling's permission.
She told Walters she would record their conversations, and share them with friends. Stiviano said a friend leaked the 9 1/2-minute audio to TMZ. She did not apologize for allowing the private conversation to be leaked by "a friend."
She told Walters that this "was not the first time" that Sterling had expressed racist views. In the audio, Sterling asked her why she posed in public with black men, like former NBA star Magic Johnson, and he urged her not to bring minorities to Clippers games.
“There’s been a number of occasions where Mr. Sterling and I had conversations just like this one. This was one of very many,” Stiviano said. “Part of what the world heard was only 15 minutes. There’s a number of other hours that the world doesn’t know.”
Stiviano said people around Sterling would say negative things about her to him and “poison his mind and heart," and that would lead him to say certain things. She did not say what she would do with the remaining hours of audio.
Stiviano, 31, insisted she was never Sterling's mistress, calling herself his "silly rabbit," and saying she thought of him as a "father figure."
But Sterling's wife, Rochelle, has filed a lawsuit against Stiviano, seeking the return of community property given to her by Sterling without Rochelle Sterling's permission. Those items are valued at roughly $2 million, and include a share of a $1.8 million home, luxury vehicles and cash. In the documents, Rochelle Sterling portrays Stiviano as a gold digger who seduces wealthy older men. Stiviano did not answer these allegations.
Sterling, 80, has owned the Clippers since 1981. The New York Post reported Thursday that Sterling is battling cancer.
Since the scandal broke, Stiviano has been seen wearing a ridiculously large visor over her face, which she said was not a fashion statement: It made it "easier to mask the pain," she said.
Now that she has spoken publicly about the scandal, does she think Sterling will deliver a public apology?
“God only knows,” Stiviano said.
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