( CNN ) -- She calls herself an artist , writer , chef , poet , stylist and philanthropist . The wife of her 80-year-old boyfriend ( or ex-boyfriend ) calls her a mistress and a gold digger . And now V. Stiviano , the woman who was a regular courtside presence at Los Angeles Clippers games next to owner Donald Sterling , is attracting more attention than the players . Audio recordings that surfaced over the weekend purportedly depict an argument between Stiviano and Sterling . If authentic , the recordings seem to reflect Sterling 's embarrassment and frustration with Stiviano over her associating with African-Americans at Clippers games and posting such pictures on her Instagram account . Here 's what we know about Stiviano . 1 . She 's the target of a lawsuit . Just last month , Sterling 's wife filed a lawsuit against Stiviano , accusing her having an affair with the billionaire team owner . In the complaint , Rochelle Sterling accuses Stiviano of targeting extremely wealthy older men . The suit claims that Donald Sterling used the couple 's money to buy Stiviano a Ferrari , two Bentleys and a Range Rover . Stiviano also took over a $ 1.8 million duplex through fraud and received about $ 250,000 in cash from Sterling , the court document claims . Stiviano fought back , saying in another court document that there was nothing wrong with Donald Sterling giving her gifts . She also said she never took advantage of the Clippers owner , who made much of his fortune in real estate . 2 . Stiviano herself is of mixed race . In the audio recording on TMZ , the woman reminds the man that she is of `` mixed '' race and part black . In another part of the recording she says she is `` black and Mexican . '' 3 . She says she 's not the one who leaked the tape . Stiviano 's lawyer , Mac E. Nehoray , said Stiviano was not the one who publicized the conversation . `` This office understands that the currently released audio tape of approximately 15 minutes is a portion of approximately one ( 1 ) hour of overall audio recording of Mr. Donald T. Sterling and Ms. Stiviano , and is in fact legitimate , '' Nehoray said in a news release . `` Ms. Stiviano did not release the tape ( s ) to any news media . '' 4 . She 's staying mum . Stiviano , whose first name is Vivian , has just two words posted on her door for reporters : `` No comment , '' CNN affiliate KCBS said . KCBS reporter Greg Mills saw Stiviano walk down a staircase from her duplex in Beverly Grove , California , but she darted back up the stairs when she saw him . 5 . Stiviano loves photos of herself . Just take a look at her Instagram account . By Monday morning , the number of Stiviano 's Instagram followers had skyrocketed to 137,000 . Many of Stiviano 's photos feature her posing in front of Clippers banners or wearing a bikini . She also has several photos of men wearing baseball caps that read `` V . Stiviano . '' `` One day I will look back at Instagram & say , ' I 've been there & I 've done that . ' I do it all . Artist , Lover , Writer , Chef , Poet , Stylist , Philanthropist , '' Stiviano 's Instagram bio says . The man alleged to be Sterling in the conversation takes particular exception to one photo he says the woman posted on Instagram . It was a photo of her and basketball legend Earvin `` Magic '' Johnson . `` In your lousy f**ing Instagrams , you do n't have to have yourself with -- walking with black people , '' the man says . `` If it 's white people , it 's OK ? '' she responds . `` If it was Larry Bird , would it make a difference ? '' The website TMZ said the conversation reportedly took place on April 9 . One day later , Stiviano posted a photo of a wedding gown on Instagram . `` I THINK IM READY ? '' she wrote , adding hashtags such as `` # beautiful # amazing # grace # lover # modern # day # marriage to # myself # weddingdress # justforfun . '' `` IM PATIENTLY WAITING , '' she added . CNN 's Ralph Ellis , Steve Almasy , Kevin Conlon and AnneClaire Stapleton contributed to this report .
V. Stiviano is being sued by the family of Clippers owner Donald Sterling . Stiviano 's attorney says she did n't release the tape that had racist comments . Sterling 's family filed a lawsuit against her , saying she received lavish gifts .