A Los Angeles jury Thursday rejected a former employee's claims that Clipper owner Donald T. Sterling fired her after just 11 months on the job for resisting his sexual advances.

The jury found that Sterling did not sexually harass, retaliate against and then fire Sunmer Davenport, a property supervisor he hired in 2001 to help oversee apartments and other buildings owned by his Beverly Hills Properties.

Sterling's lawyer, Bob Platt, a senior partner in Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, called the jury verdict "a complete vindication." After a nine-week trial in downtown Los Angeles, "the jury found there was no merit to any of her claims," he said. Jurors believed Sterling's testimony over the woman's, the lawyer said.