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Jeanie Buss Asks Court to Stop ‘Devious’ Siblings From Selling Family Lakers Shares

Jeanie Buss took legal action against her siblings’ attempt to sell the family’s remaining stake in the Los Angeles Lakers, filing a petition in which she blasted them as “devious.”

Jeanie Buss Asks Court to Stop ‘Devious’ Siblings From Selling Family Lakers Shares

Jeanie Buss, daughter of former Lakers owner Jerry Buss, filed a legal petition in Los Angeles Superior Court to prevent her five siblings from selling their shares in the family's remaining stake in the Los Angeles Lakers. The 35-year-old claimed her siblings were being "devious" and accused them of trying to oust her as Lakers governor.

She alleges that her siblings, Janie, Joey, James, Johnny, and Jesse, secretly brokered a deal with Bob Iger's group without informing her. Jeanie maintains she was blindsided by an ESPN report that stated the Buss family had decided to sell their remaining shares. Her legal team argued that the sale would not be in the team's best interest, citing its rapidly increasing value and the fact that other owners support Jeanie remaining as the Controlling Owner. A court hearing for the case is scheduled for November 5.

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