INGLEWOOD — Clippers owner Steve Ballmer allegedly was aware of the dealings Aspiration had with forward Kawhi Leonard in paying the six-time All-Star $28 million for a no-show endorsement deal, according to company investors.

Ballmer was sued on Monday by 11 Aspiration investors, according to investigative journalist Pablo Torre, who claimed the billionaire owner used the company “to secretly funnel millions of dollars” to Leonard.

According to the civil lawsuit, Ballmer directly sent funds to Aspiration, now known as “Catona”, to induce Leonard to re-sign with the Clippers in 2021 by covertly paying him more money than allowed by NBA salary cap rules.

Baller was “complicit in and aided and abetted” in the fraud, the lawsuit said. The plaintiffs alleged, too, that Ballmer transferred

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