He Said TD Jakes Clapped His Cheeks....Now He REGRETS IT!

He Said TD Jakes Clapped His Cheeks....Now He REGRETS IT!

Bishop T.D. Jakes, who had a medical incident at his Dallas megachurch on Sunday (Nov. 24), filed a defamation lawsuit Monday against a fellow minister who has accused Jakes of attempted sexual assault. Duane Youngblood, 57, a Pennsylvania man who Jakes’ suit notes is on parole after felony convictions for sexual assault and corruption of minors, made the allegations in two recent appearances on the “Larry Reid Live” YouTube talk show. “The Abused Become the Abuser” episodes featuring Youngblood’s claims have gone viral. The suit says a lawyer claiming to represent Youngblood sent Jakes a Nov. 15 letter demanding $6 million from Jakes after the episodes aired. The suit, which includes denials by Jakes’ legal team of Youngblood’s accusations that Jakes tried to groom and sexually abuse him, was filed the day after Jakes was viewed at his Sunday service having an unspecified medical problem. In the midst of a prayer after preaching at The Potter’s House, Jakes is seen lowering his mic and shaking in the chair where he was seated. About a dozen people ran to his side and congregants stretched out their hands toward him as they began praying for him. On Wednesday, a video of Jakes appearing to be departing a Dallas medical facility, was posted on social media accounts of The Potter’s House with a statement from him about his plans to rest after an episode that “could’ve been fatal if it weren’t for God’s intervention.” “Didn’t have to turn out this way. Just grateful. Not afraid to die. Don’t want to hurt my kids and the people who love me, the church who needs me, the world who called me, the God who sent me,” Jakes said in the video. The legal team for Jakes, 67, an author, evangelist and business executive, told the New York Post earlier that he is recuperating from the weekend medical incident and continuing to undergo testing after experts determined he did not have a stroke.

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