LOS ANGELES -- The woman who recorded Donald Sterling's racially offensive remarks says she loved him and called him her hubby, but they never had a romance.

V. Stiviano testified Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court in her effort to retain more than $3.5 million the billionaire's wife says he lavished on Stiviano.

Stiviano says she and Sterling vacationed together in Dubai, Paris and Las Vegas, but she never got more intimate than puckering up next to him in photos.

Stiviano says she hates Shelly Sterling, who she described as the evil witch of the west.

Shelly Sterling is seeking money she claims is community property that she and her husband amassed over a 60-year marriage.

Stiviano says Sterling bought her cars and helped her buy a house, but she couldn't provide specific dollar figures.