The Bishop Eddie Long sex scandal is perhaps the biggest news story currently so I'm sure you all have heard about. The scandal is getting messier and messier.
Details from the complaints against Bishop Eddie Long after the break.
According to the complaints Bishop Eddie Long bought cars, paid tuition and put his 'spiritual sons' on the church payroll. Oh and the church took their website down last night. Below are some of the messiest parts from plaintiffs Flagg and Robinson's complaint against Bishop Long.
Plaintiff Flagg’s mother agreed to allow Plaintiff Flagg to move in the Golod House since Defendant Long suggested it and she believed it would provide Plaintiff Flagg stability and more
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opportunity to learn and grow with such an important spiritual mentor in her son’s life.
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On information and belief, Golod House was owned by Andrew Moman.
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Andrew Moman is a Minister at Defendant New Birth Missionary Baptist Church and serves as Athletic Director.
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Shortly after moving in the Golod Way House, Defendant Long gave Plaintiff Flagg a 2000 Mustang Convertible to drive (the “Mustang”).
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The Mustang was registered to Darius Wise.
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Darius Wise is an Elder of New Birth and serves as Chief Ministry Officer of New Birth.
At some point, Plaintiff Flagg was placed on the payroll of Defendant New Birth Missionary Church.
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Plaintiff Flagg’s pay checks were delivered to him personally by Defendant Long.
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Plaintiff Flagg would endorse the payroll check and return it to Bishop Eddie Long and in turn Bishop Eddie Long would give Anthony Alonzo Flagg cash roughly equivalent to the amount of the payroll check.
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Not long after moving in the Golod House, Defendant Long would come to the Golod House and sleep in the same bed as Plaintiff Flagg.
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Defendant Long engaged in sexual massages from and to Plaintiff Flagg.
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Defendant Long then increased the sexual contact to include oral sodomy with Plaintiff Flagg.
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Defendant Long took Plaintiff Flagg on trips with him around the United States including day trips to Charlotte, North Carolina and Tuskegee, Alabama and overnight trips to New York, New York, Memphis, Tennessee, Las Vegas, Nevada, and Dallas, Texas.
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During the overnight trips, Defendant Long shared a bedroom and engaged in intimate sexual contact with Plaintiff Flagg including kissing, massaging, masturbating of Plaintiff Flagg by Defendant Long and oral sexual contact.
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Employees and agents of Defendant New Birth, including Andrew Moman, Anthony Render, and April McLaughlin often accompanied Defendant Long and Plaintiff Flagg on the overnight trips and knew that Defendant Long was sharing a bedroom with Plaintiff Flagg.***
And here's the dirty from the other complaint
Bishop Eddie Long began to spend personal time with Plaintiff Robinson when Plaintiff Robinson was fifteen (15) years old.
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At some point in time, after joining the Church, Plaintiff Robinson was placed on the payroll of Defendant New Birth.
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Plaintiff Robinson would accompany Defendant Long to the gym where Defendant Long would have Plaintiff Robinson rub lotion on Defendant Long at Defendant Long’s direction.
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Andrew Moman, an employee of New Birth, purchased a Chevrolet Malibu for Plaintiff Robinson’s use.
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Defendant Long took Plaintiff Robinson on several overnight trips to various destinations including, New York, New York, Turks and Caicos and Auckland, New Zealand.
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Defendant Long took Plaintiff Robinson to Auckland, New Zealand for Plaintiff Robinson’s birthday on October 25, 2008 (the “New Zealand Trip”).
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During the New Zealand Trip, Defendant Long placed his mouth on the penis of Robinson.
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Following the New Zealand Trip, Defendant Long regularly engaged in sexual touching, and other sexual acts with Plaintiff Robinson. 7
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Defendant Long would use Holy Scripture to discuss and justify the intimate relationship between himself and Plaintiff Robinson.
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Plaintiff Robinson was regularly given cash by Defendant Long.
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Defendant Long and/or Defendant New Birth paid for college tuition at Perimeter College for Maurice Murray Robinson.
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In or about 2009, Maurice Murray Robinson traveled to Ohio with Bishop Eddie Long where Defendant Long engaged in sexual acts with Plaintiff Robinson.
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In or about 2009 Maurice Murray Robinson traveled to Connecticut with Bishop Eddie Long where Defendant Long engaged in sexual acts with Plaintiff Robinson.***
Bishop Eddie Long made a church summer camp counselor call him “Daddy” and coerced him into sexual acts, according to a third lawsuit filed against the mega-church leader.
On Wednesday, Jamal Parris, 23, a former member of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, became the third man to file suit against nationally known preacher and his church.
The suit, similar to two filed on Tuesday accuses Long of using his power to force the plaintiff into a sexual relationship. In exchange, Long placed the Parris and the two other men on the church’s payroll, bought them cars and other gifts, and took them on lavish trips, according to the suits filed in DeKalb County Superior Court.
Parris worked as summer camp counselor at New Birth, according to the suit. Parris, now living in Colorado Springs, Colo., and his mother joined the church in 2001 when he was 14.
Within two weeks, Long gave Parris his personal cell phone number, the suit alleges.
Their relationship intensified during the 2004-05 school year, with Long often inviting Parris to his guesthouse on Snapfinger Road.
"Initially, Long engaged in sexual touching during their encounters and then escalated the activity to oral sodomy and other acts of sexual gratification," the suit reads. "Long would discuss the Holy Scripture to justify and support the sexual activity."
Parris claims he left the church in 2009 "disillusioned, confused and angry."
Long adamantly denies the allegations and has scheduled a press conference Thursday morning.
Parris' allegations are similar to claims made by Anthony Flagg and Maurice Robinson, who filed suits Tuesday.
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