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"&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img alt=\"0528-donald-shelly-sterling-01\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2014/05/28/0528-donald-shelly-sterling-2.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Donald Sterling&lt;/strong&gt; may now be saying he disavows anything &lt;strong&gt;Shelly Sterling&lt;/strong&gt; is doing to sell the Clippers ... but TMZ Sports has obtained a letter personally signed by Donald giving Shelly control ... and he sent the letter to NBA Commissioner &lt;strong&gt;Adam Silver&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the letter -- obtained by TMZ Sports -- dated May 22, 2014, Sterling's lawyer writes:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;\"As you know, I have been a long-time attorney for Donald T. Sterling.&amp;#160; Mr. Sterling agrees to the sale of his interest in the Los Angeles Clippers.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The letter goes on:&amp;#160; \"This letter confirms that Donald T. Sterling authorizes Rochelle Sterling to negotiate with the National Basketball Association regarding all issues in connection with a sale of the Los Angeles Clippers team, owned by LAC Basketball Club, Inc.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Below the lawyers signature is Donald Sterling's John Hancock, saying \"read and approved.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So ... Sterling's lawyer may now says he's unaware of any deal his client made with Shelly, but Donald did the deed on paper and it was signed, sealed and delivered.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As for Donald, he went to Mastro's Steakhouse in Beverly Hills last night -- but when asked about the sale of the team, his lips were sealed.&amp;#160;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;{{tmz_video_0}}"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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