MONTREAL – Arturo Gatti’s wife continued to testify in a civil trial over her husband’s estate as negotiations to reach a settlement continued Thursday.
Amanda Rodrigues says she was aware of Gatti’s substance abuse, helping the former world champion boxer check into rehab in 2007, but she says she was largely alone in helping him.
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She says the boxer was abusing alcohol and painkillers. But she says Gatti left rehab after about a week, with the help of his sister Anna Maria. Rodrigues says she tried to help her husband with his addictions, but didn’t know how.
As Rodrigues testifies, negotiations are ongoing in the hope of settling a dispute over Gatti’s $3.4 million estate. The Gatti family and Rodrigues have been at odds since the boxer’s 2009 death at a Brazilian resort. The family is disputing a will signed weeks before the boxer’s controversial death.
The Gatti family has said their preference is that the fortune be split equally between Gatti’s child with Rodrigues and his child from a previous relationship. They say they don’t want any of the money for themselves.
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