Thursday, February 5, 2015

Tom Benson's Family Files Suit Against Saints, Pelican's Owner LA/TX

A day after revealing that Tom Benson announced his wife, Gayle, would seize control of the NFL's New Orleans Saints and NBA’s New Orleans Pelicans upon his death, his granddaughter, Rita Benson LeBlanc, and other family members have filed a lawsuit to block the change.

The news was first reported by Jeff Duncan of NOLA.com, who said the lawsuit deems Benson mentally incompetent and claims Gayle Benson is “manipulating” her husband. Benson, 87, married Gayle, who is 20 years his junior, in 2004.

Lyons Yellin of WWL-TV provides Benson’s response to the lawsuit:


















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Tom Benson's Family Files Suit Against Saints, Pelican's Owner LA/TX

3 comments:

  1. StandUpThursday, February 05, 2015 9:02:00 AM

    This family will regret this, but not until it's too late for Tom Benson.

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  2. AnonymousThursday, February 05, 2015 12:25:00 PM

    The family doesn't realize it but they've just given the fortune to the lawyers.

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  3. NASGA MemberThursday, February 05, 2015 6:18:00 PM

    Poor Tom Benson. Hard to believe someone could have all that money and yet be threatened with guardianship. And they'll guardianize him for sure. The family has seen to that by bringing their bickering to court.

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