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By Bill Rankin The Paulding County divorce file of House Speaker Glenn Richardson and his wife, Susan, should be unsealed because the case is a matter of public interest, an ethics activist said in a court motion filed Tuesday. George Anderson of Rome filed the motion in Paulding County Superior Court, seeking an order to […]

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ATLANTA (AP) — Lawyers for the estranged husband of televangelist Juanita Bynum have been trying to get her side of the story for four months, but they say she keeps postponing her appointment. Last month, Bynum was ordered by a Gwinnett County Superior Court judge to appear for a deposition on Monday. The order, filed […]

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February 17th, 2008

Bynum, Weeks moved to forgive?

By D. AILEEN DODD They have laid hands on the sanctified, the sinful, the sick —- and, allegedly, flailed them at each other, too. The stormy love affair of national evangelist Juanita Bynum and Bishop Thomas W. Weeks III, the power couple of Pentecostal prophesying, could be nearing an end soon. Or will it? Speculation […]

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February 17th, 2008

Of failings and filings

By Richard Halicks Many divorces have all the drama of returning a shirt to Target. The combatants simply exchange one contract for another, the first for love, the second for money. Occasionally, when a divorce is contested, the file reads like a Greek tragedy with a case number. In either instance, the files are almost […]

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By D. AILEEN DODD A March court date has been set in the criminal case against the husband of national evangelist Juanita Bynum. Bishop Thomas W. Weeks III, who is accused of beating, stomping and choking his estranged wife in an Atlanta hotel parking lot, is scheduled to appear in Fulton County Superior Court on […]

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By Beth Warren Televangelist Juanita Bynum, her estranged husband and a group of attorneys met for more than five hours Friday behind locked courtroom doors in Atlanta then slipped out a back door. No one involved in the hearing would discuss it afterward. They were supposed to be discussing whether Bynum’s soon-to-be-ex, Bishop Thomas W. […]

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Baby’s mother says Bears LB negligent in providing money By Brian Hamilton On Sept. 10, Bears linebacker Lance Briggs became a first-time father. Now that bundle of joy has spiraled into a heap of legal turmoil and untidy he-said, she-said accusations. The child’s mother, 21-year-old Loyola student Brittini Tribbett, alleged that Briggs inadequately supports his […]

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December 17th, 2007

Broken promise?

CHILD SUPPORT | Briggs makes $7.5M a year, his child’s mother says she gets $250 a week By DSTEVE PATTERSON In the latest chapter of a soap opera-like saga, Chicago Bear Lance Briggs is facing a nasty legal battle that could soon turn nastier. Brittini Tribbett, who has a 3-month-old baby with Briggs, says she’s […]

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“She Wanted To Be the Next Oprah at Any Cost,” he notes By D. AILEEN DODD A jazz piano plays soft music. A field of holiday chrysanthemums fills the screen. A husband lounges on a red couch to send a video love letter to his estranged wife. This is not just any public apology — […]