Boxing Gossip – According to lejournaldequebec, The widow of Arturo Gatti, Amanda Rodrigues, is preparing to face a lengthy legal trail over the estate of her late husband.

On July 11, 2009, Gatti was found dead in a hotel in Ipo Juca, Pernambuco, Brazil, where Gatti was on vacation with his Brazilian wife, Amanda Rodrigues, and their 10 month old son. Initially, Gatti's widow was charged with first degree murder after the strap of her purse was found stained with blood, however she was later released after the coroner ruled that the death was a possible suicide and that Amanda Rodrigues could not have physically lifted the body of Arturo.

The Gatti family are contesting the  will of the late Arturo. According to the Gatti’s, the will signed by Arturo Gatti in 2009, just weeks before his death, must be rescinded because, Amanda Rodrigues was "unworthy" of inheriting the fortune of her husband".

The trial date is not yet fixed and it may not be till 2011.