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Stiviano's Lawyers Say Donald Sterling Tape Is 'Legitimate' And 1 Hour Long
V.Stiviano (Instagram); Donald Sterling in 2005 (Getty Images)
The audio recording that allegedly has Clippers owner
Donald Sterling going on a racist rant
is “legitimate” and is about an hour long, according to lawyers.Mac E. Nehoray of the Nehoray Legal Group, which is representing Sterling’s former girlfriend V. Stiviano in a
lawsuit
filed against her by Sterling's wife Rochelle Sterling, said the
15-minute version
of the tape we’ve heard is only a portion of the whole thing,
TMZ reports
. They also say she wasn’t responsible for leaking it to the media.
Stiviano had no comment on the whole thing, according to Nehoray:
"Due to the present litigation and its absurd allegations, which Ms. Stiviano vehemently denies, Ms. Stiviano and this office have no comments at this time."
Stiviano’s Instagram page now has more than 130,000 followers after the controversy. Though she took down the picture that reportedly triggered Sterling's wrath of her with a friend and Magic Johnson, she still has the picture of her and the Dodgers’ Matt Kemp, which apparently also drew Sterling’s ire:
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