[quote=SK in CV][quote=CA renter]
IMO, he said what he did because he knows that his mistress is using him for access to rich, black athletes who make Sterling look like the ugly, old fool that he is. He knew that, and was apparently okay with it. It was when she flaunted it publicly on social media that he lost it because his (probably equally old and very rich and powerful) friends were calling him about it.
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Not much evidence that she’s his mistress. Both say their relationship has never been intimate. The wife, in her lawsuit, isn’t claiming it. If she was his mistress, do you think he’d be ok with sleeping with other men? His friends are calling him out about what? That his assistant socializes with black men? And that’s what he cares about?
I don’t get why anyone would think that her behavior is worse than his. Misogyny at its worst. Nothing but slut shaming.[/quote]
This has nothing to do with slut shaming. I’m guessing you haven’t heard the recording. Listen to it, and then tell me that this wasn’t a disagreement between two people who had an intimate relationship.
He’s probably realistic about her sleeping with other men. Clearly, he’s not going to satisfy a young woman who likes to live life in the fast lane. It sounds like he’s fine with that, perhaps because he’s married (probably doesn’t plan on getting divorced for family and business reasons) and knows he’s not going to have a serious, long-term relationship with Stivano. But he clearly had a relationship with her that went well beyond a professional relationship.
Whatever you think of his personal beliefs — and remember where he’s coming from, generationally and demographically — the point is that people have a right to their own thoughts and opinions, and they have the right to not be recorded (especially without consent) and not have these very personal conversations broadcast to the public in ways that can cause serious damage to them and their business. Based only on the contents of the recorded conversation, it certainly sounds to me like she was setting him up.
