Atlanta Evangelist Creflo Dollar Accused Of Text Messaging Theft

ATLANTA -- A lawsuit filed in a California court Wednesday accuses Atlanta televangelist Creflo Dollar of stealing a spiritual text message business concept, then marketing the business to his worldwide audience for millions of dollars in revenue.

The lawsuit, filed by Devone Lawson of Marina del Rey, Calif., accuses Dollar, son Jeremy Dollar and other ministry staff of breach of nondisclosure agreement, fraud, unjust enrichment, civil conspiracy, breach of contract, and misappropriation of trade secrets.

Lawson is seeking in excess of $10 million in lost revenues, according to his attorney James Evangelista.

"This lawsuit exposes the absolutely worst kind of greed and malfeasance -- that which is conducted under the cloak of a religious enterprise," Evangelista said in a statement. "Apparently Rev. Dollar and the Dollar Ministries do not practice what they preach, unless the 'prosperity gospel' they preach justifies fraud."

A spokeswoman for Dollar did not immediately comment on the lawsuit.

Starting in 2004, Lawson claims he spent a year working with Dollar's World Changers Church International ministry on a subscription service that would send daily inspirational text messages to church members' cell phones.

In the lawsuit, Lawson claims the ministry violated a nondisclosure agreement when it eventually formed another company and launched a similar "Word On the Go" text messaging service in 2006.

"When we were working together, I felt like it was an honor," Lawson said, adding that later, "I couldn't watch him on TV."

Attorneys for Lawson estimate the $4.99 per month subscription service generates more than $50 million a year in revenue.

Dollar, known for his pinstriped suits and charismatic sermons, was among a group of high-profile ministers whom Iowa Sen. Charles Grassley urged in 2007 to answer questions about their spending, board oversight and involvement in for-profit businesses.

Dollar has resisted, comparing Grassley's inquiries into church governance with questioning churchgoers about their prayers and confessions.

I always knew he was a crook. Him and all the others just like him. Crooks that just bullshit people who are suckers.

Senator Grassley was after these evangelist for a long time. I believe that there is a proposal for churces to start paying taxes.

There's a hilarious audio that Howard Stern played of Evander Holyfield talking about how Creflo $ conviced him he wouldn't have true happiness until he "tithed" 10% over to ol' Cref. That's a few million to you and me, but to Cref, it probably just went in the Rolls Royce/new suits fund.
And the followup: Holyfield ended up losing his house sometime later.
Did the Crefster return the cash to save Holyfield's house?





Oh, I'm sorry, you actually needed me to answer that one?
It's NO.

how many crooked preachers will we have to see until people wise up?

IrresistibleB1tch said:

how many crooked preachers will we have to see until people wise up?

IrresistibleB1tch said:

how many crooked preachers will we have to see until people wise up?

"Guitar" on Leno is the greatest performance in the history of rock ' roll

Second Funkiest White Man in America

It sure is nice having adults running our government now

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OldFriends4Sale said:

Hmmmmm.....this isn't an innovative business. Folks have this same thing up and running.

It has to be in the paperwork because Creflo could say he got the idea from a number of businesses that use text marketing.

IrresistibleB1tch said: