LOS ANGELES (AP) — A neurologist testified Monday that Donald Sterling likely has Alzheimer’s disease as a trial over the $2 billion Los Angeles Clippers sale finally got underway.
Dr. Meril Sue Platzer testified that she was hired by Sterling’s wife, Shelly, to evaluate him and made the diagnosis based on imaging tests and a two-hour interview at his home with his wife and an attorney present.
The NBA has moved to oust the 80-year-old Sterling as team owner because of racist remarks he made during a recorded conversation.
Platzer testified that she wasn’t told that her evaluation was in connection with the Clippers sale.
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