Armed with new lawyers, former pastor-turned-registered sex offender Duane Youngblood insisted Thursday that megachurch ...

Tyrone Blackburn, an attorney who had represented former minister Duane Youngblood in a defamation lawsuit brought by Dallas’ ...

The efforts of former pastor-turned-registered sex offender Duane Youngblood in fending off a defamation lawsuit from megachurch founder T.D. Jakes in Pennsylvania has suffered a massive blow as the ...

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(RNS) — Richard Youngblood made his claims in a legal filing in a defamation suit Jakes brought against Youngblood’s brother, Duane, who was the first to accuse the Texas megachurch pastor.

Duane Youngblood alleged last year in appearances on the YouTube talk show Larry Reid Live that Jakes groomed and tried to sexually assault him years ago.

The affidavit is signed by Georgia minister Richard Youngblood, 62, the brother of Duane Youngblood, whom T.D. Jakes is suing for defamation.

Bishop T.D. Jakes has filed a defamation lawsuit against fellow pastor Duane Youngblood in response to explosive sexual abuse allegations.

Duane Youngblood alleged in appearances on the YouTube talk show Larry Reid Live that Jakes tried to kiss him and called him from a bathtub, telling Youngblood he wanted to sleep with him when ...

The church also shared its court filings. In the new affidavit, Jakes noted that Duane Youngblood has felony convictions for sexual assault and corruption of minors.

In a lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, Jakes accused Duane Youngblood, Blackburn’s client, of defamation and civil conspiracy.

Jakes, the founder and senior pastor of The Potter’s House in Dallas, filed a defamation lawsuit against Duane Youngblood, 58, in November.