Texans’ McNair Family ‘Shocked’ by Legal Battle Over Mother’s ‘Incapacitated’ Claim
The Houston Texans are doing most everything right on the football field, the team having rebuilt itself into a contender with an NFL playoff game this weekend.
But off the field? The McNair ownership family has itself a legal mess that is locked in a court battle amongst themselves.
Unsealed court documents reveal that “Cary” McNair Jr. has filed applications to become the guardian of his mother, Janice McNair, who is the principal owner of the team, per the Associated Press.
McNair Jr. claims that his 87-year-old mother should be declared “incapacitated” and that he should be appointed her legal guardian.
Attorneys for Janice McNair and her other son Cal McNair - who is chairman and CEO of the Texans - wrote in court documents that they are “shocked” by Cary McNair’s “drastic and unwarranted measures of alleging his mother is incapacitated, seeking to terminate her rights and appoint himself as her guardian to control her personal, financial, and medical decisions.”
In other words, the McNair family members who control the franchise see Cary’s actions as a “money grab.”
A Texans spokesperson told the AP that the team had no comment on the situation. AP also reports that attorneys for the McNairs have not respond to the AP’s email requests for comment.
Janice McNair became the principal owner of the team in 2018 after husband Robert “Bob” McNair died in 2018. Cal McNair has been chairman since 2018 and CEO since 2019.
The Texans will play host to the Cleveland Browns in the Wild Card round of the AFC playoffs on Saturday.
