Report: NBA will reinstate hearing if Sterling ruled mentally fit

Source: NBA News

The NBA will reinstate the owner termination hearing against Donald Sterling if Sterling is successful in convincing a probate court that he is mentally fit to remain owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, according to sources.

The latest turn in this seemingly endless soap opera came as Sterling's wife, Shelly Sterling, plans to go to court in Los Angeles on Wednesday morning at 8:30 to try and get an expedited probate hearing before a judge seeking affirmation that Shelly Sterling acted legally and properly late last month in determining that Donald Sterling was mentally incapacitated, and thus unable to continue his role as co-trustee of the Sterling Family Trust, which owns the Clippers and other properties that the Sterlings have acquired over the years.

Sterling's attorney, Maxwell Blecher, said Tuesday that his client would challenge the finding that Shelly Sterling is the trust's sole trustee, but said he would not be taking legal action against his wife.

"We will challenge it -- and we will win," Blecher said in an e-mail.

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