Los Angeles Lakers governor Jeanie Buss is opposing the potential sale of her family’s stake in the NBA team, contradicting an earlier ESPN report about the family’s decision to sell to Bob Iger and Joshua Kushner.

In a letter obtained by CNBC addressed to law firms representing Jeanie Buss’s siblings — Jim, Johnny, Janie, Joey and Jesse — her lawyer Adam Streisand says Jeanie Buss has not agreed to sell the team and that any vote suggesting the Buss family is selling “would be and is void.”

Streisand argues in the letter that Jeanie Buss remains the controlling shareholder of the Lakers, pursuant to a 2017 court order, and that no sale can take place without her consent.

“No sale of the JAB Trust’s 17.8% ownership interest in the Los Angeles Lakers, Inc. can be effectuated without approval by the current co-trustees, i.e., Jeanie, Janie and Joey Buss. Pursuant to the JAB Trust and the attached Court Order, the co-trustees are bound to vote the Los Angeles Lakers, Inc. shares to ensure that the minimum 15% ownership requirement is maintained in order to ensure that Jeanie Buss may remain Controlling Owner,” Streisand says in the letter.

“Any attempt by the co-trustees to do otherwise, and any attempt to aid or abet the co-trustees as such, would constitute a breach of trust, breach of fiduciary duty and be in contempt of court,” he says.

Last week, Iger and Kushner agreed to buy Mark Walter’s majority stake in the Lakers. That deal valued the team at $12.5 billion, CNBC reported at the time. The Buss family stake would have meant an overall team ownership share of approximately 83% for the former Disney CEO and Thrive Capital founder, ESPN reported.

But Jeanie Buss doesn’t want to sell the family’s stake in the team at this time, according to a person familiar with the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity about confidential matters. She wants to hold onto the team stake for value reasons as well as to maintain her role as governor, the person said.

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Correction: A previous headline on this article misidentified one of the potential buyers of the Buss family stake in the Los Angeles Lakers.

The Los Angeles Lakers have sold — again.

Less than a year after buying a controlling ownership stake in the NBA’s Lakers, Mark Walter has sold his majority equity to Joshua Kushner and Bob Iger, according to a statement.

The deal values the team at $12.5 billion, according to a person familiar with the matter, who asked not to be named because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the terms of the sale.

“As lifelong NBA fans, we are deeply honored for the opportunity to become stewards of the Los Angeles Lakers, one of the most iconic sports franchises in the world,” Iger and Kushner said in a joint statement Wednesday. “We have immense respect for the leadership and vision of Jerry and Jeanie Buss. Our long-term commitment is to build on that foundation, compete at the highest level, and serve this extraordinary team, its fans, and the city of Los Angeles.”

Kushner and Iger have been business partners before. Iger joined Thrive Capital, the venture capital firm run and founded by Kushner, earlier this year. Iger, 75, stepped down as CEO of Disney earlier this year after two stints that totaled roughly 20 years at the helm of the media giant.

Kushner is the brother of Jared Kushner, who is married to President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka. Kushner and Iger had previously expressed interest in buying an NBA expansion team in Las Vegas.

Walter acquired the Lakers in October at a valuation of $10 billion.

Last month, Bloomberg reported the Securities and Exchange Commission and U.S. prosecutors were investigating potential financial improprieties at two of Walter’s insurance companies and at Guggenheim Partners, the sprawling financial firm that Walter co-founded and still leads.

Walter’s TWG Global holding company controls the insurers, his stake in Guggenheim and ownership stakes in other sports teams including MLB’s Los Angeles Dodgers and the English Premier League soccer team Chelsea.

Walter is also among a group of investors that owns the WNBA’s Los Angeles Sparks.

The sale announced Wednesday only includes his stake in the Lakers, according to the person familiar with the matter.

The Wall Street Journal reported last month that Walter, 66, suffered a stroke in 2024 and that his health status has “become a matter of concern inside his business empire, with varying opinions on whether lingering effects from the stroke have impacted his fitness to lead his businesses.”

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