BROOKLYN, NEW YORK - MARCH 09: Bishop Lamor Miller Whitehead hosts a tribute to Biggie Smalls on March 09, 2021 in the Brooklyn borough of New York, New York. (Photo by Johnny Nunez/WireImage)
<p>Oh, how the tables turn! Less than a week after three armed men robbed a Brooklyn bishop, news surfaced that he&#8217;s facing theft accusations of his own. According to the <em>New York Post, </em>one of Bishop Lamor Whitehead&#8217;s congregants filed a lawsuit in 2021, saying Lamor swindled her out of $90,000. Pauline Anderson accused the flashy bishop of convincing her to liquidate her savings in November 2020. In exchange, Bishop Lamor allegedly promised to buy and renovate a home for the 56-year-old, per the Brooklyn Supreme Court lawsuit.</p>
<blockquote><p>Pauline admitted to having &#8220;reservations&#8221; about giving Lamor the money. However, she believed in his promise <em>&#8220;because he was a supposed man of the cloth and had previously helped her own son secure housing for himself.&#8221;</em></p></blockquote>
<h5 style="text-align: center;"><strong>Parishioner Cuts Check &; Agrees To Monthly Allowances</strong></h5>
<p>Local outlet <em>The City </em><a href="https://www.thecity.nyc/brooklyn/2022/7/28/23282222/brooklyn-pastor-robbed-lamor-whitehead-lawsuit">first reported</a> the filed lawsuit on Thursday. After Pauline became a church parishioner in January 2020, her son Rasheed Anderson introduced her to the bishop. Lamor had offered to join Pauline via phone call to pray after she received life-threatening surgery.</p>
<p>By July 2020, Pauline sought Lamor&#8217;s help to tackle her lousy credit history and find a home. Court papers say Lamor connected Pauline with two money lenders on the phone. Both lenders reportedly told Pauline that securing a loan would be difficult for her. So, the bishop offered his help. He allegedly convinced her to invest the savings into his firm Lamor Whitehead Inc.</p>
<p>But Pauline hesitated, given that her savings were also her only source of income. Lamor then allegedly agreed to pay Pauline a $100 monthly allowance while he worked on her home buying process. According to the legal paperwork, Pauline cut Lamor a cashier&#8217;s check but didn&#8217;t keep a receipt after handing over the funds.</p>
<h5 style="text-align: center;"><strong>Pauline &; Bishop Lamor Exchange Heated Texts &; Threats</strong></h5>
<p>Pauline received her first monthly allowance in January 2021. Afterward, all Pauline got was excuses from the man of God. When she inquired about her coins, <a href="https://dev.theshaderoom.com/bishop-whitehead-goes-off-on-larry-reid-pastor-geneses-warren-after-he-says-they-were-laughing-about-the-robbery-that-occurred-at-his-church/">Lamor pointed to</a> his campaign for Brooklyn borough president as his reason for being too busy. Text messages submitted with the lawsuit show Lamor saying Pauline&#8217;s money was already invested and challenging to access.</p>
<p>By May 2021, Pauline was seemingly fed up with the lack of progress in Lamor&#8217;s promise. In a May 19 text thread, she threatened to notify &#8220;the police, the press and [his] campaign&#8221; if the bishop didn&#8217;t return her money by May 25. Before her warning, Lamor accused Pauline&#8217;s son Rasheed of being &#8220;a liar and a deceiver&#8221; while offering to send proof of his investment.</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;I will also send you proof and bills from people that I hire months ago to start the process of investments! And for the record anything that was given to me is a donation unless it&#8217;s attached to a contract! I was making investments that&#8217;s what I do! For the record,&#8221; the bishop wrote in texts published by <em>The City. </em></p></blockquote>
<p>Pauline fired back at the bishop before issuing her warning. She called him out for his texts in the thread, given his role in the church.</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;All of this because of what? Because you took money that you refuse to pay back and now you&#8217;re quoting scripture to serve your purpose! This is so offensive and did you just go there. You said you were a man of integrity! Where in all of this is that? So much passive agressive tone to your conversations,&#8221; Pauline texted. &#8220;I told you already we are not having a back and forth! This is not my style! And it shouldn&#8217;t be yours as you lead followers. Think about that&#8230;now you are actually asking God to strike my son because you both fell out with each other unbelievable. I don&#8217;t have to tell you who you are every time you text it speaks to the heart of who you are!&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<h5 style="text-align: center;"><strong>Pauline Seeks $1 Million In Damages</strong>—Bishop Says Lawsuit Is Because Of His Celeb Status</h5>
<p>Things turned in July 2021 when Lamor accidentally emailed Rasheed a copy of a purchase contract for a $4.4 million mansion in Saddle River, New Jersey. Though the purchase never went through, per public records, Pauline&#8217;s lawsuit alleges her $90,000 was used as a down payment on the contract.</p>
<p>This week Pauline refused to offer a statement to the press, given that the lawsuit is ongoing. However, she is seeking $1 million in damages for Bishop Lamor&#8217;s &#8220;morally reprehensible acts,&#8221; per the court docs. According to the <em>New York Post, </em>Bishop Lamor <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/07/28/bk-bishop-who-was-robbed-stole-congregants-retirement-savings-suit/">has not filed papers</a> in the case, nor has a lawyer appeared on his behalf. However, he issued a statement to the <em>Daily News </em>on Thursday after <em>The City </em>published their story.</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;Her son was a member of my ministry who was removed because he was unintegral. It&#8217;s a lawsuit because of who I am,&#8221; the bishop said. He added, &#8220;Everybody that tried to sue me because of my celebrity status is just gonna keep going in trying to do what they do.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>As previously reported, Lamor and his wife Asia K. DosReis-Whitehead were <a href="https://dev.theshaderoom.com/bishop-whitehead-speaks-out-after-armed-men-rob-him-his-wife-during-church/">robbed during a live-streamed</a> service on Sunday. Police said the robbery occurred at about 11:14 a.m. in the middle of the bishop&#8217;s sermon at the Leaders of Tomorrow Internation Ministries in Canarsie. Initial reports said the armed men robbed the bishop, his wife, and possibly attendees of $400,000 worth of jewelry, but the <em>New York Post </em>suggests the amount was closer to $1 million, including a $75,000 Rolex watch the robbers took.</p>
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