After being sentenced to a life ban from the NBA and a forced sale of his LA Clippers team, Donald Sterling is in trouble again. Maiko Maya King, Sterling’s former aide, is suing the embattled 80 year old for sexual harassment, who ultimately fired her for protesting.
In a Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit filed on Monday, June 2, King claims Sterling made sexual demands, and withheld wages upon refusal. In the lawsuit, King also accuses Sterling of spewing racist comments about her former husband, who is black, and their children.
According to the lawsuit, Sterling expressed his disdain for Blacks saying, “Black people do not take care of their children. All they do is sit at home and smoke dope.”
An attorney representing Sterling, Bobby Samini, denies the allegations. “Anyone objectively reviewing Ms. King’s claims will have no doubt that they are without merit,” he tells the LA Times.
But who exactly is Maiko Maya King? For starters, she and Sterling allegedly were lovers between 2005-2011, which coincides with some of the time he was involved with V. Stiviano. She is being represented by power attorney Gloria Allred, who is known for women’s rights and discrimination work.
It appears that Sterling has a ‘type’ when it comes to mistresses – King is racially ambiguous but definitely falls into the category of non-white. Her early childhood was spent in Japan. She’s on Twitter under the name Maiko Maya.
She is artistically inclined. She’s both a poet and painter and owns Harvelle’s jazz club in Long Beach. Maiko Maya also serves as the CEO of Circle of Charities LLC.
And Donald Sterling thought going to church this past Sunday would be sufficient atonement for his sins.
Photo credit: Twitter/Maiko Maya