Overview
- Rita Benson LeBlanc was arrested on June 16 in Charleston after allegedly shoving a parking enforcement officer who was about to boot her car.
- Officials say she seized the officer’s boot-locking tool before being released the next day on a personal recognizance bond.
- She faces charges of assault and interfering with an officer and is due in court on July 24.
- LeBlanc served as vice chairman and heir apparent to her grandfather Tom Benson’s NFL and NBA teams until her removal from the succession plan in 2015.
- A 2016 settlement left her a partial owner of the New Orleans Saints and Pelicans, and her latest legal troubles have renewed scrutiny of her stake in the franchises.