Sheel Seidler previously accused two of her brothers-in-law of breaches of fiduciary duty and fraud as executors of Peter Seidler’s estate.

An active lawsuit between late Padres owner Peter Seidler's wife and brothers might have caused San Diego to lose out on signing free agent Roki Sasaki.

So far, the San Diego Padres' offseason will be remembered for two things: missing out on Roki Sasaki and the start of a bareknuckle ownership fight. As it turns out, the two might be related. That ownership fight involving former Padres chairman Peter Seidler's widow Sheel and his brothers got uglier on Monday night.

San Diego Padres owners claim that a lawsuit filed by the late owner's wife impacted their ability to sign star pitcher Roki Sasaki in free agency.

As the San Diego Padres worked to finalize negotiations with Japanese pitching sensation Roki Sasaki, a legal dispute involving the late Padres owner Peter Seidler’s family added turmoil to the team’s offseason.