His filing asks the court to order the trustees of his heirs' trusts to join with him in seeking the necessary approvals from both leagues in order to allow him to reclaim all the team shares. “I don’t believe that was my dad,” she said. Renee Benson, meanwhile, through a trust set up for her in her mother's name, owns all shares of the Chevrolet, Honda and Mercedes-Benz dealerships previously owned by Tom Benson in San Antonio. “But his short-term memory is very short. Wittmann asked Renee Benson Wednesday if she liked her father’s wife. Voris Roberts Vigee Named President and CEO of VOA Southeast Louisiana. They asked the courts to step in to protect Benson and “his hard-earned estate.” Benson’s net worth is estimated at $1.7 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Tom Benson and his wife, Gayle, look at a cellphone as they wait for the start of a NFL news conference earlier this year. Benson's amended complaint says that in resolving a related estate suit that was filed in a Texas probate court by his daughter Renee, his five car dealerships in San Antonio and New Orleans were divided up. Benson’s Dec. 27 e-mail severing the ties with his daughter and her children pinpointed their attitude toward his wife as a big part of the problem. Her father’s personality was “forceful, very robust, very with it,” until recently, she testified. But when Benson announced plans to pass on ownership of these assets to Gayle Benson — his third wife — instead of his daughter, Renee and her two children, both sides dug in for what has become a long, costly legal battle that continues to rage in federal court. Benson, who is a San Antonio auto dealer and also owns the New Orleans Saints and Pelicans, also claimed "they tried to kill me, for one thing," without providing specific details on the allegation. As of this date, Renee is married. “Suddenly after I remarried you all became offensive,” Benson said in his post-Christmas e-mail, which is part of the court file, adding the former heirs didn’t act appropriately and argued among themselves. ... daughter and grandchildren, with assets of equivalent value. “I think she’s intelligent; she can put on stockings standing straight up,” Renee said. Tom Benson agreed that he spent years coaching his daughter and her children in all aspects of the family businesses, “to groom them into the type of business persons that he could have confidence in” to take over after his death, his lawyer, Phil Wittmann, said in court papers. In the background are Bennett Stahl (foreground) and Emily Liljenwall, Renee Benson's co-counsels, and Art Bayern (far left), receiver for the Shirley Benson Testamentary Trust. Details about the alleged altercation in December 2014 emerged in Louisiana court filings released Wednesday in the Benson family’s ongoing battle over inheritance. Renee Benson, jilted daughter of New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson, told a Texas judge Wednesday she has no idea why she and her two children were abruptly cut from the billionaire’s life right after Christmas. Early life and education. Attorneys Allan E. Parker, (left) George LeGrand (center) and Stanley Bernstein (right) stand in front of the Bexar County Courthouse Thursday January 28, 2016 during a press briefing at which they announced their client is suing Tom Benson Chevrolet and Ernesto Davila, who at the time was her manager. Photographer: Ronald Martinez/Getty Images.
“You don’t believe it, but the fact is it’s happened, hasn’t it?” Wittmann countered.
The Shoens rule the roost in Arizona. Milazzo also permitted Benson to amend his complaint, which he recently did in a filing that reveals a few details about asset trades that occurred among the parties during the past seven months. Benson built his net worth of about $1.7 billion through automobile dealerships, banking concerns and real estate. Team Owner of the New Orleans Saints Tom Benson, his wife Gayle and his granddaughter Rita Benson Leblanc wave to the fans as they ride a float, displaying the VInce Lombardi trophy, out onto the field prior to the Saints playing against the Minnesota Vikings at Louisiana Superdome on Sept. 9, 2010. The family also said in their statement that they are not being allowed to have contact with Benson, and his friends have been unable to see or reach him for many months. Benson argued he did so by canceling millions of dollars' worth of debt and turning over $500 million in promissory notes due in about 25 years, but trust officials disagreed. “We’re not going to open them unless he’s there,” she said.
The disenfranchised heirs are trying to persuade a judge in San Antonio to turn control of the trusts over to them as part of a two-front legal battle that includes a New Orleans case seeking to have a conservator appointed to make all of Benson’s personal and business decisions.
RELATED: Tom Benson claims courtroom victory allowing lawsuit against two trustees to proceed, The statement goes on to assert that Renee Benson, one of the alleged assailants, was “not even at the game in New Orleans where the alleged incident would have occurred.”. The total value of Benson's estate may now top $2.7 billion, including his National Basketball Association team the New Orleans Pelicans, and other holdings that include automobile dealerships, a Texas bank and considerable residential and commercial property in Texas and Louisiana. San Antonio and New Orleans businessman Tom Benson has a net worth of $2.2 billion in 2016, according to Forbes. Terms of the trusts allow him to remove assets as long as he replaces them with other assets of equivalent value. Renee says she hasn’t been able to ask why her father stopped sending $10,000 monthly distribution checks from her mother’s trust, as he’s done for 20 years. “There are things I admire about her, but she’s kept a lot of people away from my father,” and that rankles. Judge Rejects GOP Try to Block Louisiana Virus Restrictions, Weigle Resigning as CEO of Downtown Development District, Louisiana Treasury Receives $5.2 Million in Uncashed Tax Refunds, Houston Company May Build $9.2 Billion Renewable Fuel Complex in Louisiana, Northshore-Based 'Paint and Sip' Company Makes 2 Acquisitions.
Renee Benson (right), daughter of billionaire Tom Benson, listens to deliberations Friday in Bexar County Probate Court before Judge Tom Rickhoff. The back-and-forth was the latest salvo fired in an ongoing, bitter feud between Benson and his heirs.
Check Reputation Score for Renee Benson in Seanor, PA - View Criminal & Court Records | Photos | Address, Emails & Phone Number | Personal Review | $20 - $29,999 Income & Net Worth After graduating from UNC-Chapel Hill with degrees in Political Science and Journalism and interning at the San Antonio Express-News in 2012, Gerlach returned in 2013 to cover the South Side for the Reporter. “My daughter was begging Gayle to let my dad see me,” Renee replied. Benson is shown with her daughter, Rita, leaving the New Orleans Civil District Court in June during a related court battle over the Benson estate. Benson's amended complaint indicates that neither the NFL nor the NBA has yet signed off on any proposed changes in ownership of the sports teams. “There was also no physical altercation at the Saints game when Rita asked why our family’s traditional family Christmas gathering was not going to be held,” the family’s statement said.