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By D. AILEEN DODD Just when the media spotlight was fading on national evangelist Juanita Bynum, the pastor found a new forum where her star could shine again —reality TV. Frankly, Judge Lynn Toler, of Fox TV’s “Divorce Court”, had no idea who Bynum was when producers asked if they could invite her on the […]

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Continuing in family news, I have a court order in my hand for actor and comedian Mike Epps , who is said to have fathered a woman’s child in Georgia. The baby was born on December 15, 2007 and so far Mike has refused the mother’s request for him to take a paternity test to […]

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By Herald wire services Mike Epps is in the center of a baby daddy drama, TMZ reports. The married “Next Friday” comedian is being sued for paternity by a Georgia woman who claims Epps is the father of her 4-month-old child. The unidentified woman’s lawyer, Randy Kessler, explained, “We are not asking for the moon, […]

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By Staff Writer Comedian Mike Epps isn’t just a sidekick anymore. He’s finally starring in his own drama — a paternity suit! The married actor who has appeared in movies such as “Next Friday” and “Resident Evil: Extinction,” is being named as the baby daddy to a Georgia woman who gave birth in December 2007. […]

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By Staff Writer Comedian Mike Epps is fighting a paternity suit from a Georgia woman who claims the actor is the father of her four-month-old child. The married Next Friday star has been named in legal papers filed by an unnamed female in February, in which she requests Epps take a DNA test and acknowledge […]

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Widespread street closures and traffic slow start of new workweek By Meredith Hobbs Several downtown law offices were damaged by Friday night’s tornado and quite a few more were affected by snarled-up traffic Monday, when many downtown streets remained closed during the morning commute. The Equitable Building at 100 Peachtree St., which houses a number […]

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By Randall Kessler, Specail to the Daily Report I was at the Atlanta Hawks vs. Los Angeles Clippers game Friday night. Near the end of the fourth quarter, during a rare lopsided Hawks victory, it suddenly looked like it was snowing inside Philips Arena as particles from the roof fell (asbestos perhaps?). When I heard […]

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‘My emotions got the best of me,’ he says By D. AILEEN DODD Bishop Thomas W. Weeks pleaded guilty Tuesday to aggravated assault in the summertime attack on his estranged wife, national evangelist Juanita Bynum. In Fulton County Superior Court before judge T. Jackson Bedford, Weeks admitted that he grabbed Bynum, threw her down and […]

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Bishop’s criminal trial to start today By D. AILEEN DODD National evangelist Juanita Bynum on Monday finally met with her estranged husband, Bishop Thomas W. Weeks III, and his attorney for a deposition in preparation for divorce proceedings. The meeting began at 9 a.m. in the law office of Randy Kessler, attorney for Weeks, and […]

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By ERRIN HAINES ATLANTA — The husband of televangelist Juanita Bynum pleaded guilty Tuesday to assaulting her, was sentenced to three years’ probation and then turned to her and apologized. Thomas W. Weeks III, a minister known to his followers as Bishop Weeks, turned after his sentencing to address Bynum, who sat in the second […]