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Shweta Surendran
Former CEO of aspiration, company La clippers The owner Steve Balmer is accused of using to ignite the salary cap, claiming that on Friday claims that Qui leonard No-show contracts have been signed with their former company.
“The contract had three pages of widespread obligations that Leonard had to do,” said Andrei Cherney, who left the company in 2022. Posted on statement x“And the contract clearly stated that if Leonard does not fulfill those obligations, the aspiration can end the contract.”
Last week, “Pablo Torre reveals” Podcast told The Akanksha agreed to the support deal of four years, $ 28 million with Leonard in 2022. Ballemer invested $ 50 million to the company in September 2021 through his individual LLC, and the clippers announced a $ 300 million partnership with aspiration two weeks later. An anonymous employee, who worked for aspiration, told Tore that Leonard was paid “the pay cap was to be sidelined.”
On Thursday, Tore reported that Clippers Limited Partner Dennis J. Wong invested $ 1.99 million in aspiration in 2022, paying $ 1.75 million to Leonard nine days ago. Athletic reported On Friday that Balmer invested an additional $ 10 million in 2023 as a share of funds in 2023 with other previous aspiration investors.
The NBA is investigating whether Balmer or Clippers have violated the league rules. The clippers have denied the wrongdoing, and Balmer said that he has no knowledge of the support contract or he directed the company to sign a one.
In his statement on X, Cherney stated that he signed a contract with Leonard in 2022.
“In the months of discussion between our officials before signing sponsorship, I don’t remember the conversation about the NBA pay hat,” Cherney said. “I had signed a contract shortly before submitting my resignation, but before I was having many internal conversations about many things before leaving, Akanksha was planning to do with Leonard after the 20222-23 season started. … I could not say what was done after I left or why.”
Arrived for comment on Friday, Cherney refused to comment beyond the statement.
In 2025, the aspirations filed for bankruptcy, and its co-founder Joe Senberg, last month convicted two cases of wire fraud for cheating investors and lenders of over $ 248 million.
