Overview
- NBA journalist Yaron Weitzman says the Lakers retained prominent attorney Marty Singer during fact-checking and sent a sharply worded letter warning of libel claims.
- Weitzman published A Hollywood Ending on Oct. 20 and posted a TikTok on Sunday describing the alleged legal threats.
- He quotes the letter as accusing his work of “thinly veiled misogynistic smears” and asserting the team has the reputation and resources to sue.
- Weitzman states he interviewed nearly 300 people over three years, met off the record with Jeanie Buss, and maintains he did not defame her or the franchise.
- No lawsuit has been filed publicly as coverage continues, with the book detailing reported internal tensions and set against the Buss family’s June agreement to sell a majority stake to Mark Walter for about $10 billion.