Donald Sterling kept his son out of jail 13 years ago By Tom Ziller on Jan 2 Donald Sterling's son Scott is dead at 31 of an apparent overdose. Thirteen years ago, Scott Sterling shot another teenager. His dad's connections apparently kept him out of jail here are myriad stories about the depths of L.A. Clippers owner Donald Sterling's depravity. The discriminatory housing lawsuits. The sexual harassment. The widely known scumminess about anything and everything. A story that often goes unmentioned in meditations on sports' most despicable owner is the one about the time he apparently got his son Scott off the hook for a shooting. Scott died on Tuesday. Early reports suggest a drug overdose. Based on what Beverly Hills police told the D.A. and reports back in 2000, Scott probably should have been in jail. The sordid story is unleashed in a 2000 Los Angeles Times Magazine piece by Fred Dickey. The short version: Scott Sterling shot a fellow 19-year-old at Sterling's house. It was a fight over a girl. (This girl.) Scott claimed self defense. Beverly Hills detectives investigated the case and didn't buy it. Within two weeks, they asked the D.A. to bring charges against Sterling and also suggested prosecutors look into police intimidation charges against Donald Sterling. A year later, the D.A. decided not to file any charges whatsoever on the case. Sterling was a major fundraiser for the outgoing D.A., Gil Garcetti. Detectives told Dickey that they were mystified that the push for charges against Sterling died in D.A.'s office, and that Scott Sterling suffered no punishment for the shooting. Maybe they shouldn't have been. http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2013/1/2/3827396/donald-sterling-son-clippers-shooting-jail
While he may have been wrong for doing whatever it took to keep his son out of jail, it is certainly understandable to anyone who is a parent.
RIP. + The day after someone's death is probably not the time to accuse him of murder and call his father a scumbag, even if it's all true. (Though I was not aware that Sterling had a son, much less that he was involved in any kind of suspicious death, so the article is educational for me, at least.)
Dungy's son committed suicide. Tragic. It's sad that this kid died, but if he died of a drug overdose, I can't say I feel bad about it. I'll mourn coach's daughter, and celebrate the life of a 90 year old who dies, but people who want to wallow through life using hard drugs should face their consequences alone.
Well. Umm he deserved??? it? A death is a death regardless of circumstance. Feel sorry for the father. I mean what's he supposed to do not keep his son out of jail?
True, if you had the ability to stop a son from going to jail, you'd have to be one of the most apathetic fathers out there to not do so...that or be so morally right you'd ignore emotional attachments.
Depends on what the kid did. Things like rape, child molestation, murder, etc....I don't think any parent should feel bad for not keeping a kid out of jail for one of those crimes. RIP.
What about shooting his best friend when his back was turned? I'll say RIP for the kid, but that family gets no sympathy from me. Donald Sterling is one of the scummiest humans on the planet.
is he really a horrible person? I know he's had multiple accusations of being racist. That's certainly not a good thing, but is he really one of the worst people on the planet? One that deserves no sympathy when tragedy occurs?
I'd do anything to keep undue harm from my child. I'd take the punishment if I could. That said, keeping due consequences from my child is my failure as a father. I'd hope to allow natural consequences upon my children when they're young and the consequences of their mistakes are relatively minor so as to teach them how to be more responsible when their older and the stakes are higher. Kids struggling with addiction are many times, products of parents who over function and can't stand to see their kids fail and learn to take responsibly for their own lives. They essentially codepend them into addiction.
Does he have any sympathy for all of the poor, underprivileged families he takes full and complete advantage of as a slumlord in L.A.? Does he have any sympathy for the countless women he has "allegedly" sexually harassed over his decades and decades as a businessman? Does he have any sympathy for his son's friend....the ACTUAL victim in the crime?? What about the fact that he harbors pure unadulterated hatred for the very group of people that he's made his millions off of? While he might not be an actual murderer, that's not the only standard to hold someone to when evaluating their contributions to society. I stand by my sentiment that he is a man that I hold NO sympathy for. The mother? Absolutely. Any family members that were directly affected by this? No doubt. I even hold sympathy for Scott himself, because no matter what, he left this Earth before his time. For Donald Tokowitz, however, I hold none.
