--- description: Two men punched the woman who exposed Donald Sterling and called her racial slurs a day after a video of her making racist remarks surfaced title: V. Stiviano Assaulted by Two Men Outside of Hotel image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # V. Stiviano Assaulted in New York City, Says Lawyer  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 2, 2014 2:18 PM CUT  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 2, 2014 2:18 PM CUT V. Stiviano, the woman who was recorded in conversation with Donald Sterling when he made racist remarks that led to his lifetime ban from the NBA, [was assaulted in New York City Sunday night](http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/02/us/stiviano-assault-incident/ "undefined"), according to her attorney. Mac Nehoray said two men attacked the 31-year-old and yelled racial slurs at her as she was leaving a restaurant at the Gansevoort Hotel with her sister and friends, CNN reports. The news comes after TMZ — the outlet that first published the recording of Sterling — [published a video on Saturday](http://www.tmz.com/2014/05/31/v-stiviano-racist-black-people-reality-show-video/ "undefined") that shows Stiviano, who is black and Mexican, apparently making her own racist remarks about black people. Nehoray told ABC News that Stiviano was [“banged up but OK.”](http://abcnews.go.com/US/stiviano-assaulted-york-city-hotel/story?id=23952053 "undefined") She did not file a police report because she “had to get out of there,” but Nehoray said she will likely file one on Monday. \[[_CNN_](http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/02/us/stiviano-assault-incident/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2809049/v-stiviano-donald-sterling-attacked/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2809049/v-stiviano-donald-sterling-attacked/"},"headline":"V. Stiviano Assaulted in New York City, Says Lawyer","datePublished":"2014-06-02T14:18:39.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:09:33.227Z","description":"Two men reportedy punched the 31-year-old and called her racial slurs, a day after a video of her making her own racist remarks surfaced","url":"https://time.com/2809049/v-stiviano-donald-sterling-attacked/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2809049/v-stiviano-donald-sterling-attacked/","name":"V. Stiviano Assaulted in New York City, Says Lawyer"}}]}] ```