Pat Bowlen's trust was meant to keep the Broncos in his family; two daughters and his brother sued, and the team was sold

Pat Bowlen bought the Broncos in 1984. Alzheimer's forced him to step aside in 2014. A three-person trust led by team president Joe Ellis ran the team. Bowlen intended one of his seven children, from two marriages, to take over, but did not name which. In 2018 his brother Bill Bowlen asked a court to remove the trustees, citing conflicts of interest. Daughters Beth Bowlen Wallace and Amie Klemmer filed a petition challenging the trust's validity, arguing their father lacked capacity when he signed it. The trust had a no-contest clause that could cut out any child who challenged it. The trustees favoured daughter Brittany Bowlen as owner. Bowlen died in June 2019. Bowlen Wallace said she would drop the case if the team were sold. In 2022 the trust sold the Broncos to a group led by Walmart heir Rob Walton and Greg Penner for a reported $4.65 billion^†. No Bowlen child became owner.