FIRST WORD
This was a gift from Mrs. Benson for the holidays.”
The Saints in a statement to WWL-TV in New Orleans, revealing that the anonymous customer who recently spent more than $93,000 to pay off roughly 400 layaway items at a New Orleans Walmart is Saints and Pelicans owner Gayle Benson. The widow of longtime previous owner Tom Benson paid off the layaway items for unsuspecting customers ahead of the holiday season for a total of $93,502, WWL reported.