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Trial pitting Bowlen sisters vs. Broncos trustees vacated days before opening statements

The July 12 trial in Arapahoe County District Court pitting the two oldest children of late Broncos owner Pat Bowlen and the trustees he appointed to carry out his estate plan is off. Again. And maybe for good.

Next month’s trial before Judge John E. Scipione was scheduled to hear complaints by Amie Klemmer and Beth Bowlen Wallace, who believe their father did not have the capacity to sign his estate-planning documents and was unduly influenced by trustees Joe Ellis, Rich Slivka and Mary Kelly.

But in a brief provided to The Denver Post on Tuesday night, Scipione signed a “joint motion to stay proceedings and vacate trial.