The battle over Tom Benson’s plan to leave the Saints and Pelicans to his wife will be heading to court.
Benson’s daughter and her children are fighting his plan to shove them out of the family business.
The New Orleans Advocate reports Benson’s previous heirs — Renee, Rita and Ryan — are now asking the Orleans Parish Civil District Court to help declare the 87-year-old mentally incompetent.
Meantime, a filing in probate court in San Antonio alleges that Benson tried to cut the three out of business interests there by barring them from visiting car dealerships the family owns.
A judge issued a temporary restraining order this week blocking that move by Benson.
The Texas judge also agreed froze assets associated with a trust created by Renee’s mother, Shirley. She was Tom Benson’s first wife and died in 1980.