“I Don’t Know Why The Girl Had Me Say Those Things. I Was Baited,” Donald Sterling to Anderson Cooper.

A probate court concluded a husband was properly removed as a trustee of a family trust, and that the wife had authority to unilaterally bind the family trust by executing an agreement to see a basketball team owned by the family trust. The court instructed the wife to complete the sale. During the probate proceedings, the husband unsuccessfully sought extraordinary relief from the Court of Appeal, arguing the probate court’s order must be stayed. On appeal, he argued the probate court improperly removed him as trustee and that the lower court abused its discretion in ordering the wife to sell the team. In affirming, the appellate court stated: “The credited evidence overwhelmingly supported the probate court’s conclusion that exigent circumstances warranted the sale of the Clippers to prevent extraordinary loss to the trust. The probate court’s sanctioning the sale was correct even though Donald, who initially agreed to the sale, purportedly revoked the trust in an effort to block the sale. On appeal, Donald fails to demonstrate any legal error and fails to consider the facts in accordance with the proper standards on appeal.” (Sterling v. Sterling (Cal. App. Second Dist., Div. 8; November 16, 2015) 242 Cal.App.4th 185.)