Trials & Litigation

Oops. Law Firm's Confidential Notes re Gilbert Arenas are Filed in Unrelated LA Court Matter

Detailed information about former Washington Wizards star Gilbert Arenas’ household finances is now public knowledge after a law firm apparently inadvertently filed in Los Angeles Superior Court typewritten notes of an interview with his long-term girlfriend.

Trope and Trope, which was consulted by Laura Govan, 31, declined to comment. But a court order permitting the Los Angeles family law firm to remove the “confidential attorney-client privileged” notes from the filing says they were “inadvertently copied and submitted” because of a “clerical error,” reports the Washington Post’s Reliable Source blog.

Among the details revealed by the filing are that the 29-year-old Arenas—who reportedly spent $60,000 on a train set for their three children—expects Laura Govan to live on $8,000 a month, more than half of which goes to pay for a home she owns in California. She also complains that he won’t pay for a nanny and instead expects her to watch the children.

A lawyer for Arenas disputes the accuracy of the notes and says Arenas “remains committed to providing his children with boundless love and support.”