By Adeleye Kunle
Bishop Lamor Whitehead, a Brooklyn-based pastor in New York who was robbed of more than $1 million in jewelry during a livestreamed church service, has been charged with stealing $90,000 from a member of the congregation in 2021.
A lawsuit filed in Brooklyn Supreme Court accused Whitehead of convincing Pauline Anderson, 56, to invest nearly all of her life savings in one of his businesses.
Whitehead persuaded Anderson to accept the money under the guise of wanting to assist her in obtaining a mortgage despite her poor credit history.
According to the suit, which was reported on Thursday by the New York Post, Whitehead agreed to pay Anderson $100 per month because her savings were her only source of income.
After months of no regular payments or progress on the home purchase, Whitehead reportedly informed Anderson that he was treating her investment as a contribution to his then-campaign for Brooklyn borough president.
When the pastor unintentionally sent an email about the purchase to her son, Rasheed, who had initially connected them, Anderson discovered that the pastor used the funds as a down payment on the contract to purchase a $4.4 million home for himself in Saddle River, New Jersey.
The acquisition of Saddle River did not occur. Whitehead, on the other hand, purchased a $4.5 million apartment building in Hartford, Connecticut.
According to the lawsuit, Whitehead later told the woman that he had no obligation to repay the money because he was investing it in his business, leaving her with only a vague promise to repay the funds in the future and an assertion that he had no further obligation to do so.
Anderson is requesting $1 million in compensation for Whitehead’s “morally repugnant activities” and “loss of her entire life savings,” according to the petition.
The case is still being heard in court.
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