René Benoit

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René Benoit
Profession:	Arms Dealer
Gender:	Male
Real-world information
Actor:	Armand Assante
First appearance:	Blowback
Last appearance:	Dead and Unburied

René Benoit, also known as La Grenouille ("the Frog" in French), was an illegal arms dealer whom Director Shepard has been trying to catch for over a decade. Director Shepard blamed him for the suicide of her father, Colonel Jasper Shepard. Benoit was murdered shortly after meeting with Director Shepard and Leroy Jethro Gibbs in the home of Director Sheperd.

He was the father of Jeanne Benoit, Anthony DiNozzo's former girlfriend.

Jeanne told the FBI that she saw DiNozzo assassinate her father and he became the subject of an investigation. During the investigation Director Shepard was suspended and Vance temporarily assumed the directorship. Under interrogation by Director Shepard, Jeanne admitted she did not witness the killing.

CIA agent Trent Kort, brought the investigation to a halt by claiming that the agency was responsible for La Grenouille's death in a "sanctioned" action. Gibbs was not convinced and found forensic evidence that implicated Director Shepard but he buried the evidence.