article_snippet: All of this conduct constituted elder abuse.'
article_snippet: [The defendants] colluded and worked toward a common goal in causing injury to Sterling's financial interests,' the complaint reads.
article_snippet: Shelly's lawyer Stephen Smith told the Los Angeles Times that the recent filing was 'desperate and frivolous'.
article_snippet: Sterling is asking for $600 million in addition to unspecified punitive damages.
highlights_snippet: Punishments were in response to the release of tapes in which Sterling used racist slurs .