EXCLUSIVE: The widow of the late San Diego Padres owner Peter Seidler has spoken against his brother-in-law, who claimed that her lawsuit against him prevented the team from signing star pot Roki Sasaki.
Seidler’s brother, Matthew Seidler, made a statement to Pakinomist Digital on Tuesday, suggesting that Sheel Kamal Seidler’s lawsuit against him came during a “critical time” for negotiations with SASAKI. Matthew’s statement also claimed that their recruitment efforts were influenced by the fact that her trial claimed he and his brother Robert tried to move Padres elsewhere.
Sheel Seidler’s representatives made a statement to Pakinomist Digital and said her trial would not have prevented the team from signing Sasaki if she was involved in the recruitment process.
“Matt and Robert Seidler must be relieved to have a slight scapegoat for their lack of signing and help to do what is best for padres,” the statement reads.
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Sheel Seidler throws out the ceremonial first pitch before the game between San Francisco Giants and San Diego Padres in Petco Park on Thursday, March 28, 2024 in San Diego. (Rob Leiter/MLB photos via Getty Images)
Sasaki himself said that one of the reasons he chose to sign with Dodgers was because of the organization’s stability at his initial press conference last week.
“No. 1 thing that stood out [about the Dodgers] was the stability of the front office, ”the jug said via a translator.
Seidler’s trial against her late husband’s brothers, Matthew and Robert, was filed in early January as she tried to take control of the team from them for her children.
She claimed that Peter, before his death, revealed that his dying desire was that she should take control of Padres, followed by their children and that her children have the largest share in ownership. She added that Peter’s two brothers, Matt and Bob, “trying to erase Peter’s vision and inheritance, as well as fake threw himself as Peter’s true heirs.”
“I made this decision as a very last resort, but I am convinced that it is the right one and the best way to protect the Padres franchise and secure the vision that Peter and I shared for the team will continue,” she said In a statement after lodging his first complaint on January 6th.
In the case, it also claims that Robert’s wife made several “racist, crazy and hateful communication aimed at Sheel – a woman with Indian descent – in communication” and that the two brothers are trying to “giant control” of the Ball Club to prevent ” a the Indian-American woman “from taking it, they” look like their family business and ancestral right. “
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Peter Seidler speaks under the pregame ceremonies honored Joe Musgrove, #44 by San Diego Padres, and his recent no-hitter before turning to Los Angeles Dodgers on April 16, 2021 at Petco Park in San Diego. (Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images)
Peter died in November 2023 at the age of 63. He had been ill for months, though it has not been revealed what he had exactly to do with. Seidler is one Cancer survivors There had health problems for quite a long time.
Padres is currently owned by Peter’s property, while John Seidler, Peter’s oldest brother, has been named the temporary control person for the team. However, John cannot officially be appointed until three -quarters of the Major League Baseball’s owners approve it.
In addition to claiming that the widow’s lawsuit prevented the team from signing Sasaki, Matthew’s response claimed that Peter never indicated he wanted Sheel to have control over the team after his passing.
“Peter could have chosen to (a) give Sheel the right to be, appoint or approve the individual who controls paddes, (b) give sheel direct ownership or control of the trust’s interest in pades, (c) give sheel the right to approve or veto of any transactions from Trustees or (d) requires the administrator to make any main distribution that Sheel requires, ”the answer reads.
The response claims that Peter changed his confidence at least seven times after their marriage and never appointed Sheel as a successor -administrator in any version and that she was excluded from “ever served as a subsequent administrator under any circumstances.”
The response also claims that Peter said during his life that he wanted his siblings and niese to take control of the team after his death.
“Peter had several conversations with his siblings and others about successor controls and consistently identified five Seidler -Family Members as candidates: Bob, Matt, John, his brother Tom (who has a 30+ year old career in baseball, including 12 years of Padres), and His Niese, Monica, “read it.
“In none of these conversations Peter ever suggested or suggested that he wanted Sheel to run padres. As Peter told people close to him, he moved his family to Texas in 2021 in a significant part because he wanted to ‘take pressure from Sheel and the kids’ and ‘Get Sheel out of the limelight.’ Peter knew all too well the potential effects of media trial as well as the other pressure, stress and demands that come with owning a sports franchise. “
Roki Sasaki and Sheel Seidler. (Getty Images)
In a separate response delivered to Pakinomist Digital, Sheel’s representatives expressed confidence that she will win in court.
“The response to all its bravado is especially thin in responding to the very specific and serious accusations of Matt and Robert Seidler’s violations of fiduciar duty. It is ironic that they accuse Sheel – Peter’s wife of two decades and mother of his three children – of abuse of his assets while at the same time they have reaped the benefits of Peter’s generosity for decades.
