Jeanie Buss has accused her siblings of a "cloak and dagger" campaign conducted through the media, according to a court filing this week reported by CBS Sports, Yahoo Sports and ESPN. The filing responds to her siblings' ongoing effort to sell their shares in the Lakers.
Yahoo Sports reported that Buss is asking a judge to block the siblings from selling their 17.8% stake in the franchise. Per Yahoo, a sale would force her out as team governor. Yahoo also described the filing as the third Buss family court filing since August. It said she accuses her siblings of running a "false flag operation" in their bid to sell the family's shares. ESPN framed the filing as Buss accusing her siblings of conspiring against her. CBS Sports, in its report by Brad Crawford, focused on the media campaign allegation.
The feeds we have don't say how a judge might rule or when. They also don't give a hearing date, a prospective buyer or a price, and they include no response from the siblings. We have only summaries of the reporting, so those details may be in the full articles.
On the court, the Lakers are 3-2 and first in the Pacific, but they have lost their last game. They fell 112-95 at Golden State on Friday, Oct. 30, after beating the Clippers 103-87 on the road on Oct. 28. Before that, they lost 136-129 to Portland on Oct. 27. Los Angeles has scored 95 or fewer in two of the last three games, and it gave up 136 in the other.
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Next up is Toronto at Los Angeles on Sunday, Nov. 1, followed by a home game against Miami on Monday, Nov. 2. The ownership dispute will continue in court alongside that schedule. The reporting does not set out any further steps in the case.
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