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If it wasn’t already clear that the family feud engulfing Saints owner Tom Benson had become personal, it now should be crystal clear.

Via Daniel Kaplan of SportsBusiness Journal, Benson explained under oath earlier this year his reasons for a decision to change his will to prevent the Saints or the NBA’s Pelicans from passing to his daughter and her children.

“They tried to kill me for one thing,” Benson said. Asked to explain further, Benson said, “You know by picking on my wife and when I wasn’t feeling very good they were very hostile.”

Benson specifically referred to a December 2014 incident in which his wife, Gayle Benson, was physically assaulted at a Saints game. A prior report indicated that granddaughter Rita Benson LeBlanc accosted Gayle Benson. Tom Benson testified that his daughter, Renee, was the aggressor.

Tom Benson also testified that he believed his heirs were trying to take the teams away from him.

“They attacked me, you got to know,” Benson said. “That’s why I don’t want to leave them anything. Okay?”

So far, all challenges to Tom Benson’s decision to change his will have failed, leaving Gayle Benson as the person who will inherit control of both teams.