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Tom Benson’s lawyers don’t want him to testify in competency trial

As the trial challenging the ability of Saints owner Tom Benson to change his will to bequeath his NFL and NBA teams not to a daughter and her two children but to his wife continues, a question lingers regarding whether Benson will testify in the case.

Via Andy Grimm of the New Orleans Times-Picayune, Benson’s lawyers have asked the court to exclude his testimony. The lawyers representing the family members challenging the new will want to force Benson to answer questions under oath.

Asked last week by reporters whether he’ll testify in the case, Benson said, “I don’t know.