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Dean Spanos Sued by Sister Amid Legal Battle for Control of Chargers

Dea Spanos Berberian, the sister of Chargers owner Dean Spanos, is suing her brothers for “misogynistic” treatment, “self-dealing” and “breaches of fiduciary duty,” ESPN’s Adam Schefter and Kimberley Martin reported.

Berberian filed a lawsuit looking to gain full control of the Spanos family trust, which would remove Spanos as co-trustee, along with financial damages. The trust has control over one-third of the ownership stake.

In the suit, Berberian also accuses both her brothers, Dean and Michael Spanos, of acting “out of their deeply-held misogynistic attitudes and sense of entitlement as the men in the family .