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1990-1999


Alamo draws prison term

Southwest Times Record

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) – Preacher Tony Alamo whose church once ran businesses worth millions of dollars drew a maximum sentence Friday of six years in prison on an income tax conviction. He was also fined $210,000.

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Creditors question Alamo about assets but he is uncooperative

Southwest Times Record
July 29, 1992
By Dave Hughes

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Creditors of Tony Alamo had their first chance Tuesday to question him about his assets and evangelical empire but they found it hard to pin him down.

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Alamo files for bankruptcy court protection to circumvent all creditors

Southwest Times Record
June 24, 1992
By Dave Hughes

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The idea that led evangelist Tony Alamo to file for bankruptcy Monday may have been hatched a week earlier in the chambers of a federal court judge.

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Alamo files Chapter 11 petition to avoid paying debts owed

Arkansas Democrat
June 23, 1992
BY LARRY AULT
Democrat-Gazette Staff Writer

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Cult leader Tony Alamo filed a $16.8 million bankruptcy petition Monday that lists $6.6 million in federal taxes and $5 million owed to the U.S. Department of Labor.

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Alamo promises to pay $5 million to satisfy wages owed to Foundation members

Southwest Times Record
June 16, 1992
By Dave Hughes

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FAYETTEVILLE – – Evangelist Tony Alamo on Monday promised a U.S. District Court judge he would pay $5 million by mid-1994 after once complaining he couldn’t comply with court orders to pay employees back wages.

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In: 1990-1999

Is He a Prophet, Promoter or Profiteer?

Los Angeles Times
July 11, 1993
Sam Enriquez, Times Staff Writer

Religion: Ex-followers recall Tony Alamo’s path as harsh and narrow.

“. . . the prophet who presumes to speak a word in My name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, that prophet shall die.”
–Deuteronomy 18:20, quoted by an ex-follower of Tony Alamo.

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In: 1990-1999, Eye Witness & First Hand Accounts of Abuse

Stepdaughter Testifies About Rape by Alamo

Los Angeles Times
April 28, 1993

Stepdaughter Testifies About Rape by Alamo

“Evangelist Tony Alamo’s stepdaughter testified Tuesday that he raped her, and a former wife said he beat and sexually assaulted her, but a federal magistrate said that was not enough to keep Alamo behind bars pending trial on tax evasion charges and set bail at $50,000.

In an extraordinary hearing that lasted well into the night in U. S. District Court in Los Angeles, Alamo’s stepdaughter made public for the first time her claim that he raped her in 1966, when she was a teen-ager.

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In: 1990-1999, Victim's Testimonies

Tony Alamo held without bond due to bigamy and statutory rape claims

The Commercial Appeal
June 9, 1994

Alamo Found Guilty of Tax Evasion, Jailed

A federal jury Wednesday convicted Tony Alamo on tax charges and the preacher-clothes designer was ordered held in jail without bond. Alamo faces up to six years total on the four counts against him. His sentencing is set for Aug. 26.

U.S. Dist. Judge Jon McCalla ordered Alamo held without bond after a government witness testified that Alamo may have committed bigamy and statutory rape in the past 18 months.

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In: 1990-1999, Polygamy In The News

Bigamy and Polygamy questions repeatedly bring Fifth Amendment from Alamo

The Commercial Appeal
June 3, 1994

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Questions repeatedly bring Fifth Amendment from Alamo

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In: 1990-1999, Polygamy In The News

Al Cummins

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Southwest Times Record
November 21, 1994


Moffett man critically injured

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Ex-wife claims that Tony Alamo took away her childhood

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Southwest Times Record
June 21, 1996

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Ex-Wives testify against Alamo

The Commercial Appeal
September 10, 1994

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“A sentencing hearing for the convicted preacher-clothes designer Tony Alamo is expected to conclude Thursday before U.S. Dist. Judge Jon McCalla.

Former wives of Alamo called by government prosecutors testified that they were beaten and raped while part of his religious group.

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In: 1990-1999, Polygamy In The News

Perfect timing, Tony

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Southwest Times Record
June 6, 1994

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In: 1990-1999, Polygamy In The News

Tony Alamo pleads the Fifth about his polygamist lifestyle

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Southwest Times Record
June 4, 1994

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In: 1990-1999, Polygamy In The News

Alamo followers ordered to trial for child abuse

Newhall Signal
1990

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Jeremiah Justin Miller, 13, testifies in Newhall Municipal Court Thursday how he was held down and beaten bloody with a wooden paddle at the Holy Alamo Foundation’s commune in Saugus. Miller, who was allegedly struck about 140 times, recalled the January 1988 incident during a preliminary hearing for two defendants arrested in the beatings.

In: 1990-1999

Fugitive preacher, Tony Alamo, sues Jewish Federation Council

Christian Research Newsletter
by Ron Rhodes
Volume 3: Number 1, 1990

Alamo Sues Jewish Federation Council

The December 21, 1989 Los Angeles Times reports that “an ongoing dispute between the Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los Angeles and followers of fugitive preacher and clothing designer Tony Alamo moved to the courts this week, as the Alamo faithful filed suit against the federation, which has launched a successful campaign to stop the sale of Alamo jackets.”
The sequined, airbrushed jackets have been good sellers in Southern California boutiques. But sales have dropped off drastically ever since the Jewish Federation’s Commission on Cults and Missionaries began urging retailers to stop selling the product, “charging that money from jacket sales finances cult activities.”
Federation officials said they have been trying to educate retailers about the criminal charges facing Tony Alamo, who — along with three others — was charged with felony child abuse after the alleged beating (to the point of bloodshed) of an 11-year-old boy. Alamo and his cohorts have evaded arrest since October, 1988.
Alamo Designs has responded to the Jewish Federation’s efforts with a lawsuit, seeking $250 million in damages for libel and slander.

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In: 1990-1999

Mattel Sues Cult Leader Tony Alamo

Los Angeles Times
June 25, 1990

The Mattel Toy company has sued religious cult leader Tony Alamo and
two of his companies for having damaged the image of Mattel and
Barbie by marketing an unapproved T-shirt with a “religious symbol.”
Alamo has called Pope John Paul II a “Nazi war criminal,” and has
been evading arrest for felony child abuse. Alamo Designs obtained
two licenses in 1989 to make and sell denim jackets with Barbie
images.

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In: 1990-1999

7/13/93 – Tony Alamo Blames Woes on Satan in Government Garb

Los Angeles Times, USA
July 13, 1993
By Sam Enriquez

Evangelist’s empire has crumbled and he faces child abuse and tax charges. He says it’s all a plot to stop his spreading the Gospel.

Hounded by government agents, faced with financial ruin and slandered by some of the very souls he labored to save, controversial evangelist and accused tax dodger Tony Alamo says Satan has unleashed a fierce counterattack on his soul-saving enterprises.

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Jury Convicts Evangelist, Tony Alamo, Of Tax Evasion

New York Times
Published: June 12, 1994

Jury Convicts Evengelist of Tax Evasion

The evangelist Tony Alamo has been convicted of tax evasion and jailed after prosecutors said that he was a risk to flee as well as a polygamist who had preyed on married women and girls in his congregation.

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