Trump-linked Kushner and ex-Disney boss to buy £9bn LA Lakers from Chelsea co-ownerJosh Kushner is to buy LA Lakers from Chelsea co-owner Mark Walter in £9bn dealJosh Kushner, the Donald Trump-linked figure at the centre of the Fifa sell-off row, is to buy NBA’s LA Lakers from Chelsea co-owner Mark Walter in a £9bn deal. Walter purchased the Lakers for £7.4bn in October last year but is set to see a bumper return on his investment when Kushner – brother to President Trump’s son-in-law Jared – and business partner, former Disney chief Bob Iger, buy the Lakers. LA Lakers snapped upESPN reports that both Kushner and Iger were involved in purchasing an NBA expansion franchise in Las Vegas but have instead turned their attention to the West Coast. The Lakers belong to Los Angeles, and I have every confidence the best is still ahead.” The sale comes at a time when the US is probing insurers owned by Walter over the disclosure of assets.