Jerry Buss, the dynamic owner of the famous NBA team, LA Lakers, is in the news again, a month after his demise. Buss has reportedly left a swanky condo in Honolulu and a 2009 Bentley car for his much-younger and "longtime" girlfriend, Delia Cortez.
Cortez is in her late twenties and lives in Hawaii, where she is studying to become a vet.
According to a copy of the will that TMZ acquired, Buss has left all his property to his family trust. Buss made amendments to his will in 2012, when he included Cortez in the decree. Apparently, the Hawaiian estate is worth $5.5 million and is being looked after by Buss's daughter, Jeanie Buss, who is also a trustee of the family trust.
The 2009 Bentley's value is estimated to be somewhere around $166,000 to $203,000. Some MySpace pictures reveal Cortez, grinning ear-to-ear beside a light blue Bentley, but it is not confirmed if that is the car she has inherited, reports Daily Mail.
Check out the photo here.
Sources close to Buss claim that Cortez and Buss shared a "very intimate relationship". However, in a recent interview with TMZ, Cortez said that Buss had always asked her to "Keep Quiet" about the relationship. She also added that they had been dating for "years". She also said that apart from the condo and the Bentley, Buss had also left her a considerable sum of money.
It is a known fact that Buss was a ladies' man and had numerous girlfriends. When probed about the fact, Cortez shot back saying she was his numero Uno! She also added:
"The others were just slutty arm candy."
Jerry Buss had purchased the Los Angeles Lakers in 1979. Under his leadership, the team won ten championships. He started his career as a chemist and then tried his luck in real estate where he gathered a lot of money swooping up and flipping properties.
Buss passed away at the age of 80 in a hospital in Los Angeles of prostate cancer.
More recently, his team honored him by leaving a chair empty while posing for a team picture. The Los Angeles Lakers have not been faring very well in the playoffs.