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L.A. Lakers $12.5 Billion Sale Gets Even Messier Thanks To Buss Family Drama

Headline from Forbes, from the development of Aug 17, 2026

Newest development Aug 18, 2026 · 3 reportsL.A. Lakers Sale Gets Even Messier Thanks To Buss Family Drama

Five of the six Buss siblings are on board with selling their remaining Lakers shares to Bob Iger and Josh Kushner, but acting governor Jeanie Buss is not.

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    L.A. Lakers $12.5 Billion Sale Gets Even Messier Thanks To Buss Family Drama

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  1. Just the News

    Jeanie Buss contests family's sale of remaining Lakers stake to Josh Kushner and Bob Iger (opens Just the News)

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    Just the News's feed description

    Buss reminded her siblings that the family needs to retain a 15% stake in the team so she can keep her role as governor, highlighting a 2017 court ruling that kept her in control of the team following her father's death.

  2. NBC Los Angeles

    Buss family to sell remaining stake in Lakers, report says (opens NBC Los Angeles)

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    NBC Los Angeles's feed description

    LOS ANGELES, CA – MAY 12: Governor, Jeanie Buss of the Los Angeles Lakers talks to fans before the unveiling of the Championship Banner of the Los Angeles Lakers before the game on May 12, 2021 at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California.

  3. New York Post

    Buss family selling Lakers’ ownership to Josh Kushner, Bob Iger (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    The Buss family is selling their remaining ownership stakes in the Lakers to the new majority owners. The family, which has had ownership stakes in the Lakers since Dr. Jerry Buss purchased the franchise in 1979, is selling its remaining ownership stake in the franchise to businessman Josh Kushner a…

  4. Foxla

    Buss family sells remaining Lakers stake following Bob Iger, Josh Kushner deal (opens Foxla)

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    Foxla's feed description

    The Buss family will no longer hold an ownership stake in the Los Angeles Lakers after selling their remaining nearly 18% share in the franchise, according to ESPN. The decision comes after last week’s announcement that former Disney CEO Bob Iger and Josh Kushner agreed to buy the Lakers from Mark W…

  5. KTLA Los Angeles

    Buss family selling remaining ownership of Lakers to Josh Kushner and Bob Iger: report (opens KTLA Los Angeles)

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    KTLA Los Angeles's feed description

    The Lakers' sale to Bob Iger and Josh Kushner reportedly has a new layer. According to ESPN's Shams Charania, the Buss family has decided to sell off their remaining ownership stake in the purple and gold. The Buss family trust is comprised of Dr.

  6. FOX Business

    Buss family agrees to sell remaining Lakers ownership stake to Josh Kushner, Bob Iger group (opens FOX Business)

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    FOX Business's feed description

    The Buss family has voted to sell its remaining ownership stake in the Los Angeles Lakers to Bob Iger and Josh Kushner, who are purchasing the majority stake from Mark Walter.

  7. FOX Business

    Jeanie Buss battling siblings over sale of remaining Lakers shares to new ownership group: reports (opens FOX Business)

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    FOX Business's feed description

    The Buss family has voted to sell its remaining ownership stake in the Los Angeles Lakers to Bob Iger and Josh Kushner, who are purchasing the majority stake from Mark Walter.

  8. KAAL Rochester

    Jeanie Buss to contest siblings’ plan to sell their Lakers minority ownership stake to Kushner, Iger (opens KAAL Rochester)

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    KAAL Rochester's feed description

    Los Angeles Lakers governor Jeanie Buss is legally contesting her siblings’ plan to sell the family’s remaining 17.8% minority ownership stake in the team to Josh Kushner and Bob Iger, according to a letter obtained by The Associated Press.

  9. KAAL Rochester

    Buss family will sell minority ownership stake in Lakers to Kushner and Iger, reports say (opens KAAL Rochester)

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    KAAL Rochester's feed description

    The Buss family has voted to sell its 17.8% minority ownership of the Los Angeles Lakers to new majority owners Josh Kushner and Bob Iger, according to ESPN and The Athletic. The decision Monday by the six children of late owner Jerry Buss would end the family’s 47 years in an ownership role with th…

  10. Deadline

    Showtime! Buss Family Sells Remaining Lakers Stake To Bob Iger & Josh Kushner (opens Deadline)

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    Deadline's feed description

    Bob Iger was feted like a Disney Prince at D23 this past weekend, but the ex-CEO real starturn looks to be scoring an even greater stake in the L.A. Lakers today. With longtime owners the Buss family voting to tag along with Iger and Josh Kushner’s $12.

  11. NBC News

    Lakers controlling owner Jeanie Buss hasn’t agreed to sell share of team, lawyer says (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    Her lawyer also accused Joey and Jesse Buss of leaking “false, defamatory and pernicious ‘information.’”

  12. Forbes

    Lakers Sale: Buss Family Plans To Sell Remaining Stake To Josh Kushner, Bob Iger (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    The deal would bring Kushner and Iger’s combined ownership of the Lakers, which they recently agreed to purchase, up to roughly 83%.

  13. Sun Times

    Buss family will sell its minority stake in Lakers to new majority owners Josh Kushner and Bob Iger (opens Sun Times)

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    Sun Times's feed description

    LOS ANGELES — The Buss family has voted to sell its 17.8% minority ownership of the Los Angeles Lakers to new majority owners Josh Kushner and Bob Iger, ESPN and The Athletic are reporting. The decision Monday by the six children of late owner Jerry Buss will end the family's 47 years in an…

  14. Forbes

    Why Jeanie Buss Ceded Her Role As Lakers’ Governor (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    Jeanie Buss once said that her father wanted Buss family to own the Lakers' forever. What changed?

  15. New York Post

    Buss siblings turn on Jeanie in family’s sale of Lakers (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    The Buss family is selling their remaining ownership shares in the Lakers to new majority co-owners Josh Kushner and Bob Iger, who have an agreement with Mark Walter to buy the franchise for a historic valuation of $12.5 billion.

  16. The Hollywood Reporter

    Jeanie Buss Opposes Sale of Family’s Lakers Stake to Bob Iger and Joshua Kushner (opens The Hollywood Reporter)

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    The Hollywood Reporter's feed description

    The move by owner Mark Walter to sell the NBA team is reopening a longstanding family divide over control of the team.

  17. The Boston Globe

    Report: Buss family to sell minority ownership stake in Lakers to Kushner and Iger (opens The Boston Globe)

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    The Boston Globe's feed description

    The decision Monday by the six children of late owner Jerry Buss will end the family’s 47 years in an ownership role with the 17-time NBA champion franchise

  18. New York Post

    Jeanie Buss says siblings can’t sell family’s Lakers stake, vote is ‘void’ (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    Jeanie Buss is opposing the reported sale of her family’s stake in the Lakers to Bob Iger and Joshua Kushner, arguing her siblings can’t legally execute a sale without her approval. In a letter obtained by the California Post addressed to lawyers representing her five other siblings in the Buss fami…

  19. KESQ Palm Springs

    Buss family dispute emerges over reported plan to sell Lakers ownership stake (opens KESQ Palm Springs)

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    KESQ Palm Springs's feed description

    LOS ANGELES (KESQ) - A dispute erupted today among the Buss family siblings, who initially announced plans to sell off the family's remaining stake in the Lakers, but an attorney for Laker governor Jeanie Buss quickly called the announcement "false, defamatory and pernicious.

  20. Forbes

    Jeanie Buss’ Is Contesting Siblings’ Attempts To Sell Lakers’ Share (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    Jeanie Buss' lawyer has contested the Buss' family's attempts to sell its minority ownership shares of the Los Angeles Lakers

  21. WFMZ Allentown

    Jeanie Buss to fight siblings over sale of 17.8% stake in Lakers: reports (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    WFMZ Allentown's feed description

    An attorney for Jeanie Buss says she will fight her siblings' plan to sell their 17.8% stake in the Los Angeles Lakers to former Disney chief executive Bob Iger's new majority ownership group, according to multiple media reports on Monday.

  22. KRDO

    Buss family clashes over report of Lakers sale (opens KRDO)

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    KRDO's feed description

    By Ramishah Maruf, Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Family drama is swirling around the sale of the Los Angeles Lakers. Jeanie Buss, the controlling owner and CEO of the storied basketball organization, is opposing the sale of the family’s remaining 17.

  23. Triblive

    Jeanie Buss to contest siblings’ plan to sell their Lakers minority ownership stake to Joshua Kushner, Bob Iger (opens Triblive)

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    Triblive's feed description

    LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Lakers governor Jeanie Buss is legally contesting her siblings’ plan to sell the family’s remaining 17.8% minority ownership stake in the team to Josh Kushner and Bob Iger, according to a letter obtained Monday by The Associated Press.

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  25. NBC Los Angeles

    5 Buss siblings ‘remain united' in decision to sell remaining stake in Lakers (opens NBC Los Angeles)

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    NBC Los Angeles's feed description

    Lakers’ Jeanie Buss watches the game from the sidelines during the second quarter of game five of a Western Conference NBA playoff game against the Houston Rockets at Crypto.com Arena on Wednesday, April 29, 2026 in Los Angeles, CA. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

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