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10. Does She Feel Concussions Played A Role?

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It isn't just her personal opinion that the alcohol and drugs played a role, but actual facts, confirmed by the autopsy as well as her own personal experiences with the family.

She acknowledges the belief that Benoit's concussions and reported brain damage played a large role in his actions, and while she's certain "that maybe played a role as well", she doesn't take the findings as 100% factual.

She discredits the report, saying "Maybe if it had come from MIT or Harvard and not some school in West Virginia." What Toffoloni may not realize is that WVU is one of the top-ranked neurology schools in the world, not some backwater community college. That's not to say she's wrong in her thought.

She claims the autopsy didn't support the claim that he had the brain of an elderly Alzheimer's patient, saying that she knew Chris and he had none of those symptoms.

She gets upset because of the massive push from Benoit's father and others to blame the incident on concussions shifts blame and absolves him of his actions in some people's eyes.

Sandra says it wasn't solely CTE, and while that may have contributed, it was a combination of factors; a grief, stress, a ton of medication and alcohol altering his brain and body chemistry and "possibly yes, also a little bit of brain issue from hitting his head constantly over and over."

She admits she can't definitely answer the question of how big a role that played in what Chris did, but it wasn't the act of someone with brain damage. "It's impossible for that to have been the case."

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