Published: November 04, 2009
CORRECTING and REPLACING First AME Church of Los Angeles Files Extortion and Conspiracy Lawsuit against Former Church Employee Brenda Lamothe
LOS ANGELES - (BUSINESS WIRE) - First paragraph, date of lawsuit filing should read Tuesday afternoon,
Nov. 3 (sted Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 3).
The corrected release reads:
FIRST AME CHURCH OF LOS ANGELES FILES EXTORTION AND CONSPIRACY
LAWSUIT AGAINST FORMER CHURCH EMPLOYEE BRENDA LAMOTHE
The Steward Board of First AME Church of Los Angeles said today that its
lawsuit against former church employee Brenda Lamothe was filed early
Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 3, after Ms. Lamothe demanded money from the
Church and well before she publicly leveled what church leaders consider
to be false and spurious accusations against Senior Pastor John J.
Hunter.
The lawsuit FAME, et al. v. Lamothe -
LASC Case No.: LC087455 was filed in Superior Court in Los
Angeles.
The Church also released a glowing resignation letter (attached) Ms.
Lamothe sent to Pastor Hunter dated Sept. 10, 2008 praising and thanking
him and the Church, in response to Ms. Lamothe's claim that she was
fired by Pastor Hunter on June 2, 2009, 10 months later.
Specifically, the First AME Church of Los Angeles, Senior Pastor Dr.
John J. Hunter and Mrs. Denise Hunter, President and COO of the FAME
Corporations, filed suit against Ms. Lamothe, alleging conversion of the
Hunter's personal property, infliction of emotional distress,
intentional interference with the Hunter's relationship with the Church
and conspiracy.
The leadership of First AME Church of Los Angeles was stunned when
information was revealed indicating that Ms. Lamothe had wrongfully
obtained the private, personal property of Rev. Dr. John Hunter, and his
wife, Denise Hunter.
Even more distressing was information indicating that Ms. Lamothe, had
wrongfully obtained, among other things, Pastor and Mrs. Hunter's
private written communications to one another as husband and wife in an
apparent effort to harm the Church and harass the Hunters.
Most troubling of all was information indicating Ms. Lamothe may have
acted in concert with others to distribute this wrongfully obtained
material in an effort to disrupt and destroy the Church's relationship
with the Hunters.
While the Church leadership and the Hunters feel compassion for someone
who has fallen so far from a God-centered life, to protect the Church
and its congregation, the appropriate response is to seek immediate
relief in the courts in order to prevent further damage to the Church
and its community.
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