Lakers Sale Unmasks Deep Buss Family Rift

ESPN reports that the Lakers’ $10 billion sale intensified long-running Buss family tensions, with Jeanie Buss consolidating control after Jerry Buss’s death and a pattern of distrust and infighting among siblings. Interviews with staffers and insiders describe power struggles, coups, and questions about whether the sale aligned with the family trust, culminating in the firing of Joey, Jesse, and Janie Buss after the deal closed and leaving unresolved questions about how the transfer of ownership was handled.