L.A. Clippers Owner Settles Discrimination Case
Donal Sterling whom owns about 120 apartment buildings in Los Angeles County settles a case filed against him for discriminating against African Americans and Hispanics. He is also owner of the National Basketball Association’s Los Angeles Clippers, and agreed to pay $2.73 million to settle a U.S. government lawsuit accusing him of housing discrimination. Most of these apartment housing complexes are in the Koreatown section of Los Angeles.
The payment is the largest ever obtained by the U.S. government in a discrimination case involving apartment rentals, the Justice Department said today in a statement.
"Housing is a basic human need, and yet decades after passage of the Fair Housing Act, far too many still encounter barriers like discrimination," Assistant Attorney General Thomas E. Perez said in the statement. "The magnitude of this settlement should send a message to all landlords that we will vigorously pursue violations of the Fair Housing Act."
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