![Racquel Smith , widow of former NFL New Orleans Saints football player Will Smith, arrives with family and friends at Orleans Parish Criminal District Court, for the trial of Cardell Hayes in New Orleans, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016. Hayes shot Will Smith to death in a road rage incident, in which Racquel Smith was struck in the legs by the gunfire.]({"default":{"load":"default","w":"62","h":"82","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BBzyeL2.img?h=815&w=624&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f&x=937&y=827"}})
The widow of former New Orleans
Saints Star Will Smith is suing the man who was convicted of fatally shooting
her husband after a traffic crash.
Racquel Smith filed the lawsuit
Friday against Cardell Hayes in Orleans Parish Civil District Court according
to the news.
29-year-old Hayes was convicted of
manslaughter in Smith's death and of attempted manslaughter for wounding
Smith's wife on the night of April 9, 2016. He is still awaiting his
sentencing.
At his trial in December, Hayes
argued that he fired in self-defense after inadvertently colliding with Smith's
vehicle.
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