The ex-girlfriend of Clippers owner Donald Sterling wore a multicolored visor to hide her face from photographers as she headed to a Los Angeles courthouse on Monday.
V. Stiviano went to the LA County Courthouse in connection with a 2012 drunken-driving arrest during which actor Brandon Mychal Smith, who is black, was in the passenger seat, TMZ reported.
Stiviano — who legally changed her name from Maria Vanessa Perez in 2010 — was reportedly behind the wheel of a red Ferrari that was a gift from Sterling.
The same sports car is a subject of a lawsuit brought by Sterling’s estranged wife, Rochelle “Shelly” Sterling, who’s demanding the return of about $2 million in cash and gifts that her hubby showered on the much younger woman.
Stiviano, 31, is still on probation for DUI and had to appear in court to prove she had completed a sentence of community service, TMZ reported.
A spokeswoman for the LA District Attorney’s Office said she couldn’t confirm that report and had “no idea” why Stiviano was at the courthouse.
Shelly Sterling’s suit portrays Stiviano as a gold digger who targets wealthy, older men like Donald Sterling, 80.
Stiviano — who can be heard repeatedly calling Donald “honey,” “sweetie” and “baby” on the infamous recording in which he asks her not to bring blacks to Clippers games — hasn’t acknowledged she was his girlfriend.
She could also find herself in even bigger trouble if she secretly recorded Sterling, because California requires both parties in a conversation to consent to it being taped.