Details on Saints Owner Removing Daughter & Granddaughters From Family Trust

Source: blacksportsonline.com --- Saturday, May 21, 2016
All of this is a big mess but it makes complete sense on both parts. Puff Daddy and Mase had a song called “mo money mo problems” and this is a prime example. Tom Benson is the owner of the New Orleans saints and the New Orleans Pelicans. He and his family are not on good terms and because of recent issues, Benson is in the process of removing his daughter and granddaughters from his family trust leaving them nothing. According to ESPN.com , Benson’s daughter and granddaughter tried to declare him mentally incompetent, claiming he was in mental and physical decline and that he was being infuluenced by is wife Gayle and others in the organization. Benson explained why he would like to leave his daughter and granddaughters “zero” in a family trust that was originally set up for them. “Well, they tried to kill me for one thing. By picking on my wife and when I wasn’t feel[ing] very good, they were very hostile. They attacked me, you got to know. That’s why I don’t want to leave them anything. OK? I found out they didn’t love me very much, trying to stab me in the back, wanted to take over everything, brought me to court saying I was crazy. You don’t need any more than that.” Benson, 88, plans to make his third wife Gayle his successor skipping over Renee Benson (daughter), Rita and Ryan LeBlanc (granddaughters). It’s worth noting that the family is also battling in federal court over the family trust. Benson is trying to remove nonv ...