NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- The estranged daughter and grandchildren of New Orleans Saints and Pelicans owner Tom Benson say they won't abandon their effort to prove their patriarch has been manipulated into appointing his third wife the sole heir to his sports empire.
Renee Benson and her children, Rita and Ryan LeBlanc, were dealt a legal setback this week when the Louisiana Supreme Court declined to hear their appeal of a lower court decision last June that deemed Tom Benson competent to manage his own affairs.
But in a statement released Thursday, the spurned heirs assert that ''truth will emerge,'' and that they ''encourage those with relevant information to continue to come forward.