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Rita Benson Leblanc, grandson of late New Orleans Saints Owner Tom Benson was arrested in South Carolina this week after an alleged dispute with a parking enforcement manager.
Leblanc, 48, was arrested by Charleston Police Department Monday night around 7 p.m. 18:30 and indicted for “assault/resistance/obstacle/opposes/disrupts officers/city employee,” a spokesman at the Pakinomist Digital department tells.
She was released early Tuesday morning on a personal recognition bond.
Leblanc, 48, was arrested by the Charleston Police Department on Monday night around 7 p.m. 18:30 and accused of interference or obstacle by an officer, according to online prison registers. (Charleston Police Department)
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Leblanc’s arrest came from an incident involving a parking enforcement officer. Police responded to reports that the former heir had pushed an officer in Charleston center.
A spokesperson for the department told Pakinomist Digital that Leblanc at one point during the interaction has also taken the officer’s parking start locking tool while the officer used a trunk on a vehicle.
File -New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson and grandson Vice -President of the Board of Directors Rita Benson Leblanc on the sidelines before their game against Dallas Cowboys at Mercedes -Benz Superdome on November 10, 2013. (John David Mercer -usa Today Sports)
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It wasn’t clear whether the officer was trying to place a trunk on Leblanc’s car.
Leblanc was in line to take over the saints and New Orleans Pelicans, But after her firing of her grandfather and the subsequent public fall out, Benson’s wife, Gayle Benson, became the team’s most important owner after his death in 2018.
New Orleans Saints owners Tom Benson, Center, his wife Gayle Benson, left, and his grandson Rita Benson Leblanc, on the right, on the sidelines before their game against Baltimore Ravens at Mercedes-Benz Supercome on August 28, 2014. (Chuck Cook -usa Today Sports)
Leblanc was the performer and co -owner of the two organizations for only two years before she was fired in 2014, New Orleans spokesman reported.
She’s going back to court next month.
