7/10/09 – Fox News: Prosecutor: Jailed Evangelist Tony Alamo ‘Married’ Girls He Allegedly Sexually Abused
Fox News
July 10, 2009
Associated Press
Prosecutor: Jailed Evangelist Tony Alamo ‘Married’ Girls He Allegedly Sexually Abused
Federal prosecutors say jailed evangelist Tony Alamo “married” underage girls he had allegedly had sex with, exchanging wedding vows and giving them rings.
Prosecutors made the claim in a filing to U.S. District Judge Harry F. Barnes in Arkansas. Prosecutors want to include evidence of Alamo’s alleged marriages in his trial on a 10-count indictment accusing him of taking young girls across state lines for sex.
Alamo’s trial is scheduled to start Monday. Prosecutors and defense lawyers met with Barnes in a closed-door session in at the federal courthouse in Texarkana on Friday.
Defense lawyers for Alamo filed a set of motions Thursday requesting words like “polygamy,” “cult” and “compound” not be used at trial.