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March 21, 2007

Osteen lawsuit still ticking along

032107_osteen.jpgThings are apparently progressing — slowly — in the lawsuit against Victoria Osteen filed in September: The Chronicle is reporting that the attorney for a flight attendant accusing Osteen, the wife of Lakewood Church pastor Joel Osteen, of assault wants to have the interior of the airplane where the incident occurred photographed.

This all goes back to Dec. 19, 2005, when Osteen reportedly went ballistic about some liquid that had been spilled on her first-class seat on a Continental flight bound for Vail; passengers on the flight said Osteen ran up the aisle and began banging on the door of the cockpit and that several flight attendants had to restrain her. Eventually, the Osteen clan was thrown off the plane. Though Osteen denied the whole thing (despite reports from fellow passengers and an FBI investigation that said it did, indeed, happen), one of the flight attendants — Sharon Brown, who claims Osteen pushed her and elbowed her in the left breast — filed suit against Osteen. Brown is seeking compensation for physical and mental injury she says she sustained during the encounter.

So a state district judge is set to consider a request from Brown's lawyer, Reginald McKamie Sr., to photograph the interior of the plane to better understand the facts of the incident. Osteen's attorney, Rusty Hardin, said he doesn't oppose that, but he still maintains (as he's paid the big bucks to do) that Osteen never did anything wrong. "Victoria never assaulted [Brown] or raised her voice," he said, adding that he thinks the suit is just an attempt to get money from Lakewood Church.


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nice picture!

 

how awesome is this pic? very.

 

does she realize that this picture is out there?
could be an ad for really bad facelifts.....

 

yay! - the picture! it was taken from an interview on "Great Day Houston" - it was a little scary

 
"he thinks the suit is just an attempt to get money from Lakewood Church"
as if it would matter...they could make the money back from any lawsuit after one day of worship raking in money.
 

Rusty Hardin is just trying to make anyone who comes after her look like they hate God. You know what would be more respectful, CONFESSION. They don't hold planes on the runway for 2 hours because of nothing. I'm sure the money they are wasting flying first class to Aspen or hiring high paid attorneys could be put to better use if she would just step forward and say "I am a spoiled bitch, I have a problem, I will work on it, I am sorry." I'd be satisfied with that, and then they could use the millions of dollars this episode is costing them to build 20 aids hospitals in Africa. Or something.

 

ALL I CAN SAY IS - SATANIC PANIC IN THE ATTIC!! GET MISS VICKY AN EXERCISOM!

 

She seemed like such a nice lady on television... Oh the irony. Joel tells us all about how to be good people when in reality his wife's a gerk. What a grand facade. I can't wait to see it all crumble to pieces.

Hopefully they don't book their next flight on the spaceship to heaven following the Hale Bop Commet. I wonder if it has first class seating..

 

There are many people out there that love to stretch the truth and it is happening here. Money is money and people see high profile because and will blow anything out of the water. To those to make fun of the Osteen family or Victoria can bet that none of yall have met or been to Lakewood Church before. Many people have the belief that the church is huge that it is fake when actually it is NOT.

 
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