reporter: in 2003, williams videotaped shelly sterling posing as a government official, allegedly to gather information on tenants she wanted to evict. from the health department? yes, sir. okay. williams was part of a housing discrimination lawsuit against the sterlings. they settled for an undisclosed sum. then in another lawsuit a former sterling property manager said shelly sterling remarked that hispanic tenants were filthy. shelly sterling denied making those inflammatory statements, saying, quote, we do not discriminate against any person and support diversity in our tenants and employees. that lawsuit too was settled. are you a racist? the sterlings were last seen together leaving a steak house on sunday. shelly defending her husband against charges he s a racist. not true? no, of course not. reporter: that same day she released a statement denouncing quote the racist comments made by my estranged husband. my children and i do not share these despicable view
afraid it is bugged. the president of the l.a. chapter of the naacp is resigning. following his previous plan to honor sterling as a humanitarian. this would have been the second time that leon jenkins and the l.a. chapter honored sterling. they did so when he was fighting housing discrimination charges. the team itself is within a game of advancing to the nba playoffs. the golden state warriors edged the clippers last night 100-99 to force a seventh game in their series. sterling wasn t there, and neither was his wife. ryan smith reports she is about to become a key figure. shelly sterling hasn t missed a clippers game since the scandal broke. and with a galaxy of stars to take over the team she could be the one to watch. if she wants become the new clippers owner, she would have to overcome racial charged controversy in her own past involving buildings she and her husband owned. i lived here 20 years. reporter: darryl williams is one of their tenants. shelly had a system