Mar 19, 2018 · The last will and testament of Tom Benson excludes his daughter and her children by name from any role in running a reportedly multibillion-dollar business empire that includes the Saints

The Benson family established an endowment fund at Central Catholic High School, in San Antonio, Texas, dedicated to the memory of their son Robert Carter Benson, who graduated from the school in 1966. Tom Benson also donated the Benson Memorial Library at Central Catholic.

Mar 17, 2018 · The family feud partially stemmed from an argument between Gayle Benson and Rita LeBlanc during a Saints game in 2014. Rene Benson, Rita LeBlanc and Ryan LeBlanc later described Tom Benson as being mentally unfit to remove them as heirs so he could leave his fortune and sports empire to his wife.

Mar 6, 2018 · Benson spent years locked in a dispute with his daughter and grandchildren over control of much of his fortune. The nasty feud, in which family members claimed he was mentally incompetent to...

Apr 9, 2018 · As the will reads, daughter Renee Benson, granddaughter Rita LeBlanc, and grandson Ryan LeBlanc received nothing further. They were parties in a complex, two-year court battle that began in 2015 after a falling out with Benson.

Mar 17, 2018 · NEW ORLEANS -- Tom Benson literally wrote his daughter and grandchildren out of his will after a feud splintered what once seemed to be a tight-knit family at the helm of the city’s two major...

Jan 19, 2016 · One year ago, on Jan. 21, 2015, Saints and Pelicans owner Tom Benson, then 87, announced he intends to leave control of the teams and his estimated $2.2 billion fortune to his wife of a decade,...

Jul 27, 2018 · It was the 2014 Christmas season, and 87-year-old Tom Benson was growing more forgetful, thanks in part to pain medication he was taking after a series of knee surgeries. Family tensions were...

Apr 4, 2022 · Tom Benson had been married twice before his union with Gayle Benson. His first wife, Shirley Landry, died in 1980 after 26 years of marriage. His marriage to his second wife, Grace Marie Trudeau Benson, ended in 2003, when the latter died.

Jan 23, 2015 · An acrimonious divide in the family of New Orleans and San Antonio billionaire Tom Benson Jr. over future control of his sports, banking, media, real estate and auto dealership empire...