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Rita Benson LeBlanc, the granddaughter of late New Orleans Saints proprietor Tom Benson, was arrested successful South Carolina this week pursuing an alleged quality with a parking enforcement officer.
LeBlanc, 48, was arrested by the Charleston Police Department connected Monday evening astatine astir 6:30 p.m. and charged with interference oregon hindering an officer, according to online jailhouse records. She was released aboriginal Tuesday greeting connected a idiosyncratic recognizance bond.
LeBlanc, 48, was arrested by the Charleston Police Department connected Monday evening astatine astir 6:30 p.m. and charged with interference oregon hindering an officer, according to online jailhouse records. (Charleston Police Department)
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LeBlanc’s apprehension reportedly stemmed from an incidental involving a parking enforcement officer.
WCSC reported that the erstwhile heiress was accused of shoving the serviceman successful downtown Charleston. Sgt. Chris Stinson told the outlet that LeBlanc had, astatine 1 constituent during the interaction, taken the officer’s parking footwear locking instrumentality portion the serviceman was applying a footwear to a vehicle.
FILE - New Orleans Saints proprietor Tom Benson and granddaughter vice president of the committee Rita Benson LeBlanc connected the sidelines earlier their crippled against the Dallas Cowboys astatine Mercedes-Benz Superdome connected Nov. 10, 2013. (John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports)
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It was not wide whether the serviceman was attempting to spot a footwear connected LeBlanc’s car.
Despite the accusation that she pushed the officer, LeBlanc was not charged with assault, according to online records. Fox News Digital contacted Charleston Police Department for clarification.
LeBlanc was successful enactment to instrumentality implicit the Saints and the New Orleans Pelicans, but pursuing her firing by her gramps and the consequent nationalist falling out, Benson’s wife, Gayle Benson, became the team’s main proprietor pursuing his decease successful 2018.
New Orleans Saints owners Tom Benson, center, his woman Gayle Benson, left, and his granddaughter Rita Benson LeBlanc, right, connected the sidelines earlier their crippled against the Baltimore Ravens astatine Mercedes-Benz Superdome connected Aug. 28, 2014. (Chuck Cook-USA Today Sports)
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LeBlanc was an enforcement and co-owner of the 2 organizations for conscionable 2 years earlier she was fired successful 2014, The New Orleans Advocate reported.
She is owed backmost successful tribunal adjacent month.
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