National media outlets seek to unseal files from 2015 Tom Benson mental competency lawsuit

NEW ORLEANS (LA)
NOLA.com

April 3, 2020

By Ramon Antonio Vargas

National media outlets are asking a New Orleans court to unseal confidential motions and other documents filed when estranged relatives of late Saints owner Tom Benson challenged his mental competency five years ago.

The sealed filings stem from a blockbuster lawsuit in 2015 that pitted Benson against his daughter and grandchildren. They argued that the billionaire owner of the NFL’s Saints and NBA’s Pelicans was mentally unfit when he transferred ownership of his business empire to his third wife, Gayle.

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