NYPD Arrest Man In Connection With Assault On V.Stiviano

A man from Long Island, New York, was arrested in connection with the weekend assault of V. Stiviano, the woman who recorded Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling making racist remarks, according to The Associated Press.

Stiviano, the woman who recorded Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling making racist remarks that got him banned from the NBA, was assaulted by 40-year-old Dominick Diorio, of Old Bethpage, the AP reported.

Police say Stiviano, who is of black and Mexican descent, told detectives on Monday that she was assaulted the night before by two men who may have made racial slurs outside the Gansevoort Hotel in Manhattan's Meatpacking District, according to the AP.

The attack left Stivano's face swollen and red, her attorney Mac Nehoray, told CNN, the AP reported. New York Police Department Detective Brian Sessa said the investigation is still ongoing.

Police said Diorio was arrested at his home in Old Bethpage and charged with assault as a hate crime, aggravated harassment and other charges for punching Stiviano in the face outside the popular New York City Hotel on Sunday, according to the AP.

Stiviano is the woman who embattled Clippers owner Donald Sterling can be heard berating for associating with black people and urging her not to bring minorities with her to Clippers games on an audio tape posted online by TMZ.com, according to the AP.

Following the release of the tape, Sterling, 80, was banned for life by the National Basketball Association and fined $2.5 million, the AP reported.

Last week the NBA said it had reached an agreement to sell the Clippers, but Sterling has decided to sue the league for at least $1 billion, according to the AP.