Jakes formally denies all claims...
From The Christian Post
Megachurch Pastor T.D. Jakes has formally denied allegations he sixually assaulted former pastor Duane Youngblood when he was a teenager or his older brother, Pastor Richard Edwin Youngblood, in a legal response to a motion seeking to dismiss a defamation lawsuit against his accusers.
Calling the claims an orchestrated “campaign of lies” in a failed attempt to extort $6 million from him, the 562-page response was filed Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania and reviewed by The Christian Post.
Jakes and his three high-profile attorneys — Devin J. Chwastyk of McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC in Pennsylvania; Dustin A. Pusch of Meier Watkins Phillips Pusch LLP in Washington D.C.; and Derrelle M. Janey of The Janey Law Firm P.C. in New York City — aggressively challenge the credibility of his accusers who sought to dismiss his defamation lawsuit pursuant to Pennsylvania's anti-SLAPP statute last month.
The filing includes an eight-page affidavit from Jakes, who declares under penalty of perjury that the claims made against him by the Youngblood brothers and multiple John Does are malicious lies.
“I have reviewed the affidavits of Duane Youngblood and Richard Youngblood submitted in support of the motion to dismiss. The statements in these affidavits purport to describe situations where I harbored carnal desires for these men. These statements are knowingly and flagrantly false,” Jakes, who founded the 80,000-member Potter's House in Dallas, Texas, states in the affidavit.
“I am repulsed by these defamatory accusations and the $6 million extortion letter I received from Duane Youngblood’s attorney, Tyrone Blackburn.”
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