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Talk about a family feud! New Orleans Saints owner, Tom Benson, who also owns the Pelicans franchise of the NBA, testified under oath that his daughter and her children have tried to kill him so they could gain control of the teams. The family is currently locked in a bitter dispute as Benson has decided to leave everything to his wife, Gayle Benson, who is not his daughter’s mother.

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For a very long time, Benson’s will indicated that control of the teams would be left to his family, mainly his daughter, Renee, and her children. His decision to change that and leave everything to his wife instead was triggered by his daughters actions, this all according to Benson himself.

“They tried to kill me for one thing,” Benson said. Asked to explain further, Benson said, “You know by picking on my wife and when I wasn’t feeling very good they were very hostile.”

Benson specifically referred to a December 2014 incident in which his wife, Gayle Benson, was physically assaulted at a Saints game. A prior report indicated that granddaughter Rita Benson LeBlanc accosted Gayle Benson. Tom Benson testified that his daughter, Renee, was the aggressor.

Tom Benson also testified that he believed his heirs were trying to take the teams away from him.

“They attacked me, you got to know,” Benson said. “That’s why I don’t want to leave them anything. Okay?”

His daughter has argued that Benson is not healthy enough physically and mentally to make these decisions and that his wife is brainwashing him. We don’t really know who is telling the truth and it’s a sad story really, considering this man probably doesn’t have too much time left.

As of right now, despite all the courtroom activity, the teams will still go to his wife in the event he passes on.

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