Texarkana Gazette
January 13, 2010
By: Lynn LaRowe
Alamo must pay victims half million each
Tony Alamo was ordered to pay $500,000 to each of five women listed as victims in his federal indictment who testified they were forced to wed their pastor as children.
Read the rest of this article »
In: 2010
New York Times
January 13, 2010
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Judge Orders $500K for Each of Preacher’s Victims
Five young women who testified last year that evangelist Tony Alamo took them as ”wives” and sexually assaulted them when they were minors are entitled to $500,000 each from his multi-million-dollar ministry, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.
Read the rest of this article »
In: 2010
NPR
January 13, 2010
The Associated Press
Govt. Says Pastor’s Victims Entitled To $2.7M Each
A government witness said Wednesday that the five young woman who testified last year that evangelist Tony Alamo took them as a “wife” and sexually abused them as minors should receive $2.7 million each for physical and mental pain suffered.
Read the rest of this article »
In: 2010
WXTV
January 13, 2010
Associated Press
Govt. says pastor’s sex victims entitled to $2.7M
A government witness says five young victims of evangelist Tony Alamo (uh-LAH-moe) should each receive $2.7 million for physical and mental pain suffered at his southwestern Arkansas compound.
Federal prosecutors are seeking restitution from Alamo, who was sentenced last year to 175 years in prison for taking young girls across state lines for sex.
Read the rest of this article »
In: 2010
Pine Bluff Commercial
January 8, 2010
By LYNN LaROWE
Alamo attorney withdraws from criminal case
A federal judge is allowing a Florida attorney for convicted evangelist Tony Alamo to withdraw from Alamo’s criminal case over irreconcilable difference, though the lawyer says the problem no longer exists.
Read the rest of this article »
In: 2010
Texarkana Gazette
January 1, 2010
By: Lynn LaRowe
Top 10 Stories of 2009: Fouke religious leader guilty of sexual assaults
Tony Alamo tells reporters as he leaves the courthouse July 22, 2009, he doesn’t believe his ministry will die if he’s found guilty. “What happened to the church of the Lord Jesus Christ after they convicted him?” he said. The controversial evangelist was later convicted of bringing five young girls across state lines for sex.
Read the rest of this article »
In: 2010