Jeanie Buss, the Los Angeles Lakers governor and controlling owner within the Buss family, contests a pending plan by other family members to sell the family’s minority stake in the team to Bob Iger and Josh Kushner. Multiple outlets report that her lawyer has sent a letter to attorneys representing her siblings within the Buss family trust, arguing that Buss has not agreed to any sale.
Buss’s legal position centers on the governance terms of the family trust, with her lawyer stating that any vote indicating the Buss family is selling the stake would be “void” without her required approval. Other coverage frames the dispute as a renewed family divide over control and decision-making for the Lakers, after Mark Walter’s team sale process reopens tensions among the siblings.
While outlets differ in emphasis—some highlight the trust-and-vote dispute, others the family-control angle—sources broadly agree that Buss is seeking to block or halt the sibling vote and any related sale steps by challenging its validity. The reporting consistently describes her stance as opposition to transferring the family’s Lakers shares to the prospective new majority owners.
