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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
“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 — […]
By D. AILEEN DODD The husband of national evangelist Juanita Bynum is facing another court battle — this one from a former employee of Global Destiny Church claims he owes her $90,000. A civil case has been filed against Bishop Thomas W. Weeks III by a woman who says Global Destiny failed to reimburse her […]
By D. AILEEN DODD Talks in the divorce case of national evangelist Juanita Bynum and her estranged husband have broken down since the pastor dished about her troubled marriage in Essence magazine. Attorney for Bishop Thomas W. Weeks III said Monday that the magazine story has halted negotiations between the couple. Bynum is featured in […]
By Adelle M. Banks Bishop Thomas W. Weeks III denied details Wednesday of his troubled marriage to national evangelist Juanita Bynum, details that were recently published in Essence magazine. The national women’s publication is running a two-part interview with Bynum in which the pastor talks about her relationship with Weeks. She describes several other accounts […]
