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Televangelist Will Contest Divorce
Bynum, Weeks cry "cruel treatment"
Posted by Katherine McKee on Wed, 09/12/2007 - 8:09am
Thomas W. Weeks III, the minister accused of attacking his televangelist wife in a hotel parking lot, will contest his estranged wife's petition for divorce. Attorneys for Weeks said they're weighing whether the counterclaim will accuse Juanita Bynum of cruel treatment. Bynum accuses Weeks of cruel treatment.
Week's attorney says "cruel treatment" is a vague legal term. It's true. What exactly is "cruel treatment" anyway? It could be any number of things. Who do you believe?
In this case, Bynum alleges that Weeks choked and pushed her in a hotel parking lot late last month in an incident that stretched from the evening and continued into the next morning. Weeks was charged with aggravated assault and making terroristic threats; he isn't allowed to have contact with Bynum.Bynum, a former hairdresser, became a Pentecostal evangelist, author and gospel singer. Her ministry centers around singles turning away from sexual promiscuity. The couple were married in a million-dollar, televised ceremony. That's "tele-evangelism."
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