Summary

FINAL ARGUMENTS ARE EXPECTED TODAY IN EVANGELIST MARVIN GORMAN'S $90 MILLION DOLLAR LAWSUIT AGAINST RIVAL JIMMY SWAGGART. THIS MORNING, GORMAN'S LAWYER TOLD JURORS THAT SWAGGART TIMED A 1986 MEETING OF MINISTERS TO RUIT GORMAN'S CHANCES FOR A $20 MILLION LOAN. THE 1986 MEETING HAS BEEN A FOCAL POINT OF THE 9-WEEK-OLD TRIAL. SWAGGART ACKNOWLEDGED IT TOOK PLACE BUT SAID HE DIDN'T ARRANGE IT AND WASN'T BEHIND THE SPREADING OF ACCUSATIONS.

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 102578
Story Slug JIMMY SWAGGART FINAL ARGUMENTS (1991)
Location NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
Format VO/SOT
Date 09/10/1991
Archive Time 59:48
TRT :18
Supers NEW ORLEANS, LA JIMMY SWAGGART
Video Description MARVIN GORMAN WALK SHOT, JIMMY SWAGGART TALKING TO REPORTERS IN HALL
Description FINAL ARGUMENTS ARE EXPECTED TODAY IN EVANGELIST MARVIN GORMAN'S $90 MILLION DOLLAR LAWSUIT AGAINST RIVAL JIMMY SWAGGART. THIS MORNING, GORMAN'S LAWYER TOLD JURORS THAT SWAGGART TIMED A 1986 MEETING OF MINISTERS TO RUIT GORMAN'S CHANCES FOR A $20 MILLION LOAN. THE 1986 MEETING HAS BEEN A FOCAL POINT OF THE 9-WEEK-OLD TRIAL. SWAGGART ACKNOWLEDGED IT TOOK PLACE BUT SAID HE DIDN'T ARRANGE IT AND WASN'T BEHIND THE SPREADING OF ACCUSATIONS.
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