SAN FRANCISCO — A woman who received some $2.6 million in gifts from L.A. real estate mogul Donald Sterling must turn them over to his wife, a judge ruled Tuesday in a rare interpretation of California family law.
V. Stiviano, who often was seen in public with Sterling but denied their relationship was sexual, received lavish gifts from the former Los Angeles Clippers owner between 2011 and 2014. Following a three-day bench trial in Los Angeles Superior Court, Judge Richard Fruin Jr. on Tuesday tentatively ruled Sterling’s wife should have been consulted before he used their joint funds to buy the presents.
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