I can see both sides of this. Sterling is a piece of shit and folks that have been paying attention have known that for a long time, and now, everyone else does too. That's a good thing, no matter how it happened, or who presented the information and what their motives might have been. Nobody should be shedding any tears for the guy, and nobody is defending him. But, on another level, the whole thing does kind of suck. You have a complete scumbag mistress, who IMO, did this as maliciously and malevolently imaginable, basically baiting him as much as she could to say something outrageous, most likely in an effort to extort him later on. To some extent, he really didn't rise to the bait as much as I believe she would have liked, and frankly, as much as I would have expected from a shitheel like him.
That said, this type of thing really should give everyone pause. Sure, anyone caught on tape spewing racist bile deserves whatever bad shit that happens to them, but there is a very slippery slope here that needs to be thought about, and that's, in part, why we have the laws we do in place to prevent this kind of thing. Should Riboflav lose his gig as a varsity coach if someone tapes him spouting bigoted statements or for doing the same on the internet? Absolutely. But, what if he was emailing some buddies talking about grabbing some weed for an upcoming camping trip? Or what about taking graphic pictures for him and his significant others pleasure (or displeasure, I have no idea what he looks like) that gets leaked and made public? Or a consensual sex tape?
Who gets to decide when a secret recording reveals your character and should be given to the world to "out" you? It's very simple to say "Fuck Sterling, he's a piece of shit and he deserves whatever he gets." I feel the exact same way. However, I also believe there is a larger discussion to be had. It just sucks that these two people are the lynchpins of that discussion.