(ajc.com) Juanita Bynum, a preacher whose fiery and frank sermons about women’s empowerment have won her a national following, was attacked by her husband in the parking lot of an Atlanta hotel early Wednesday morning, police said.
Bynum, whose ministry is based in Waycross, and her estranged husband, Thomas W. Weeks III, had met up at Renaissance Concourse Hotel near Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport to try to reconcile, Atlanta police said.
But while at the parking lot about 4 a.m., the two got into a physical fight until a bellman at the hotel pulled Bynum’s husband off her, Officer Ronald Campbell said.
“She was bruised up and battered,” Campbell said. “She had purple bruising around her neck and upper torso.”
The husband, who is also a preacher, left the scene. No charges have been filed against him, according to police.
Police found out about the fray from a staff member at Piedmont Hospital, where Bynum was taken for a checkup. She could not be reached Wednesday night. (more…)
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August 23rd, 2007 at 5:15 am
Oh…my…God!
August 23rd, 2007 at 5:50 am
i would hate to sound jaded, because i’m not. but i’m also not suprised. i work for a domestic violence agency, so as shocked as some people may be that dr. bynum was attacked by her “religious” husband, i am not. it’s a shame, and it’s outrageous, and i hope no one tries to convince her that she has an obligation to god to continue to put up with that mess.
August 24th, 2007 at 9:39 am
She’s pressing charges. Amen to that! http://www.11alive.com/news/article_news.aspx?storyid=102153&provider=top
August 28th, 2007 at 1:05 am
oh my God !.