Flashy Bishop, Lamor Whitehead Sued For $5M

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Flashy Brooklyn Bishop Lamor Whitehead has been sued for $5 million in an ongoing dispute with another congregation over claims he tried to kick them out of their house of worship, court papers show.

The embattled 44-year-old clergyman – who’s known for driving a Rolls-Royce and wearing pricey jewelry and Gucci suits – was slapped with the lawsuit in Brooklyn court last week by the Glory of God Global Ministry in Canarsie in legal fight over the congregation’s 5904 Foster Avenue property.

Whitehead is accused of buying the building at auction and then illegally changing the locks just weeks before Christmas, barring hundreds of members of the Glory of God from being able to attend Sunday services, AM New York first reported.

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A judge sided with Glory of God in January, in a separate housing court case, allowing the ministry back into their building.

But now the Glory of God wants a Brooklyn Supreme Court judge to find Whitehead liable for breach of contract to the tune of $5 million for the alleged stunt.

The church also wants Whitehead to give up the property and “be forever barred from claiming ownership” of the building. 

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Whitehead bought the building for $1.94 million in February 2022 during a foreclosure auction. But a senior pastor at Glory of God fought the tax lien that prompted the foreclosure, claiming they never turned over the building to Whitehead. The congregation also claims Whitehead took over the building without a proper court order first, the outlet reported.

Whitehead – who was indicted on federal fraud charges in a separate case – filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and later argued that the declaration should put on hold any ruling in the housing court case, the news site reported.

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Prosecutors claim that Whitehead scammed members of his own congregation, the Leaders of Tomorrow International Ministries in Canarsie, and doctored bank records so he could secure a loan for his million-dollar New Jersey mansion.

Whitehead – who has ties to Mayor Eric Adams – then filed a $200 million slander lawsuit against businessman Brandon Belmonte last month, claiming Belmonte’s statements in a New Yorker article lead to the federal case against him.

He also made headlines last year when he was robbed at gunpoint during a sermon that was being live streamed. 

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Whitehead’s lawyer Brian Ponder told The Post, the new case is “frivolous” and said once his client is served they will “move to dismiss it and seek sanctions against the plaintiff and its attorney.”