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Los Angeles Lakers governor Jeanie Buss accused her siblings of running a “cloak and dagger” smear campaign against her through the media and voting to sell the family’s remaining shares in the team in court documents filed earlier this week.
The filing, obtained by USA TODAY Sports, alleges that Jeanie Buss’ five siblings — Jimmy, Johnny, Janie, Joey and Jesse — orchestrated a “manipulative plot” in response to her previous court filing in August to halt the proposed sale of the family’s remaining 17.8% share in the team following the record $12.5 billion sale between Mark Walter and Josh Kushner and Bob Iger, “secretly pursued unlawful action behind Jeanie’s back” and allegedly leaking their “petty grievances” to ESPN’s Shams Charania.
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“Respondents respond casting themselves as victims,” the filing says. “When in reality, the entire episode is their own false flag operation.”
The filing is the latest development in the ongoing Succession-esque drama that has ensued over the years since Dr. Jerry Buss’ death in 2013 and escalated when Jeanie Buss’ siblings voted 5-0 to sell their stake in the Lakers to Kushner, which would effectively remove her as governor. That led to an injunction from Adam F. Streisand, Jeanie Buss’ attorney, that contested the sale violated a 2017 court order that established Jeanie Buss as the controlling owner and was null and void.
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Founder and Managing Partner of the venture capital firm Thrive Capital, Joshua Kushner, speaks during the Hill & Valley Forum at the US Capitol Visitor Center Auditorium in Washington, DC, on April 30, 2025. The Los Angeles Lakers, one of the most successful teams in NBA history, are being sold to former Disney CEO Bob Iger and investor Joshua Kushner in a deal valued at a reported $12.5 billion. The sale announced on August 12, 2026 would mark a record-breaking valuation for a North American sports franchise and comes only about a year after billionaire Mark Walter agreed to buy a controlling interest in the team in a then-record $10 billion deal.
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