Monday, Sheel Seidler, widow of late Padres owner Peter Seidler, filed suit in Texas to attempt to claim control of the franchise from Bob and Matt Seidler—the brothers of Peter—alleging breach of fiduciary duty and fraud against the pair.

Sheel Kamal Seidler, the widow of late San Diego Padres owner Peter Seidler, is taking legal action to gain control of the MLB team. In a lawsuit filed Monday in Texas state probate court, Sheel Seidler claims that Bob and Matt Seidler,

Sheel Seidler, the wife of late San Diego Padres owner Peter Seidler, has sued two of her brother-in-laws in an attempt to prevent a third Seidler brother from taking control of the team rather than h

Last month, it was reported that the Padres would be appointing John Seidler to take over as the club’s new control person, but that was still pending league approval and there are new developments in that story.

Sheel Seidler sued her brothers in law, a suit including a note purported written by Peter Seidler, who died in 2023, listing Sheel and their children as his preference for future control of the team.

Sheel Seidler claimed that Matt and Bob Seidler breached their fiduciary duties as executors of Peter Seidler's estate.