Pablo Torre responds to Victim Impact Statement from Steve Ballmer
Pablo Torre:
In a new court filing (below), Clippers owner Steve Ballmer dismisses @pablofindsout as “gossip” from a “former talking head and television personality.”
Here is an excerpt from the federal whistleblower complaint, signed by two former Aspiration employees, which described how Ballmer’s Clippers allegedly used carbon credits “to pay Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard an incentivized bonus to circumvent the NBA’s salary cap, disguised as an organic marketing sponsorship agreement.”
This complaint, submitted under penalty of perjury, was made in 2023, long before I acquired more than 3,000 pages of internal documents and financials.
To dismiss our last year of careful reporting as “gossip” is to also dismiss the same whistleblowers who provided the roadmap for the federal government to successfully convict Joseph Sanberg.
Thanks,
Pablo
Steve Ballmer:
Five years ago, I invested in Aspiration, a company focused on environmental sustainability, a cause deeply important to me and my family. I also bought carbon credits and trees through the company to reduce the carbon footprint of the Clippers, Intuit Dome, the Kia Forum and all our fans and patrons. Aspiration’s founder, Joe Sanberg, engaged in fraud that injured many, and eventually, took the company down. I was duped and feel silly about that. Everyone who believed in Aspiration, including employees, customers and investors, was also duped. Everyone is still tallying the losses. Here is the letter I submitted to Judge Wilson ahead of Monday’s scheduled sentencing of Joe Sanberg.