Continental Flight Attendant Suing Joel Osteens Ignorant Wife

A flight attendant who says she lost her faith and suffered a hemorrhoidal flare-up after being assaulted by Victoria Osteen will head to court today seeking a jury to hear her lawsuit against the wife of superstar evangelist Joel Osteen.

Sharon Brown accuses Victoria Osteen, co-pastor of Lakewood Church, of throwing her against an airplane bathroom door and elbowing her in the chest during a confrontation on a Continental Airlines flight to Vail, Colo., on Dec. 19, 2005.

Osteen's attorney and a spokesman for Lakewood Church adamantly deny the allegations.

"It's absolutely insane," said Rusty Hardin, Osteen's attorney.

In a pre-trial frenzy of finger pointing, lawyers for both women say airplane passengers and Continental employees will testify it was the other woman who was out of control.

The incident began after the Osteens and their children boarded a Continental jet in Houston for a flight to Vail, Colo.

Brown's attorney, Reginald McKamie, said Victoria Osteen became irate after ordering a flight attendant to clean up liquid that was spilled on the armrest of her first-class seat.

"One thing led to another and that's when Mrs. Osteen assaulted Continental flight attendant Sharon Brown," McKamie said. "She threw her against the lavatory door and she elbowed her in her breast."

McKamie said Brown wants an apology and wants to punish Victoria Osteen with punitive damages amounting to 10 percent of her net worth.

"She was traumatized by it, the whole event," McKamie said. "She was seriously injured by Victoria Osteen's conduct."

In a deposition taken for the case, Brown also said the episode damaged her faith. Because of the status Victoria Osteen has as a spiritual leader, Brown now questions the legitimacy of other spiritual leaders including those at her own church, she said under oath.

According to court documents, Brown claims that she suffers from anxiety and hemorrhoids because of the incident. She is also suing Osteen for medical expenses for counseling.

McKamie declined to discuss the evidence he plans to present at trial, but said medical professionals will testify on Brown's behalf.

McKamie noted that Osteen paid a $3,000 fine from the Federal Aviation Administration for interfering with a flight. He said the FAA's findings vindicate Brown and that he expects to prevail when the facts are heard by jurors.

"Victoria Osteen was out of control," McKamie said.

Hardin and Lakewood spokesman Don Illoff scoffed at McKamie's account. Illoff is also Victoria Osteen's brother.

"The flight attendant went bonkers. She flipped out, acted rashly and now wants to be paid for it," Hardin said.

Hardin noted that Brown claims she suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, an emotional disorder most recently diagnosed in Iraq War veterans.

"It's a silly lawsuit," he said.

Because the Osteens have tried to put the incident behind them, they didn't contest the FAA's findings and paid the fine without an admission of guilt, Hardin said.


Continental apology
Joel Osteen, who is expected to testify, decided to take the family off the plane and take another flight, Hardin said.

"It was their idea to leave the plane," Hardin said. He disputed early reports that the Osteens were asked to leave the plane.

"Victoria never raised her voice," Illoff said.

"And they left on their own. Law enforcement was never involved."

After they decided to exit, representatives from Continental apologized to the Osteens, Illoff said.

Lawyers on both sides will attempt to seat a jury today and present pre-trial motions

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I hope the flight attendant wins, and takes all the Osteens $$$$$$
They are evangelical con artists..........

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I would have gone with a sucker punch in the funbag, but that would have been unseemly.

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And, FWIW, if that woman really is claiming that she lost her faith because of Victoria Osteen, she didn't have any to begin with.

That being said, I hope she wins a huge settlement.

Nice avatar, Parche. :hi: :hug:

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I think he uses super glue on his face.....for that fake smile

Mostly, to blind people with.

Note the gap between the close-cropped hair above the ear and the much curlier stuff on top... :tinfoilhat:

compensation from this psycho!

Victoria Osteen's time, compared to that of the peasants in Coach? After all, her First Class armrest had a spilled drink on it!

You presumptuous commoner, you...


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First the Christian bikers who got in a bar fight and now this. What would Jesus do?

Not a week goes by when we are reading about some baptist minister or church youth director fucking a little boy or girl. Praise the Lord!!

I can't help but feel like we have already discussed this, but I just can't seem to recall? That isn't the Wahoo is it?

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I ead a book called "Submarine!" by Ned Beach, so I always kind of like the Trigger myself! :hi:

for some reason, that phrase has me giggling like a little girl.

Ms. Brown:




Ms. Osteen:




Ms. Brown's request for damages:



The Houston jury pool:



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So some obnoxious passenger elbows her boob, and suddenly she doubts there is a god?

I hope they make her pay court costs when she loses.

Who is Joel Olsteen, anyway? I've seen billboards. Looks like a con artist, but then everybody on billboards look like con artists.

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"Enron document destroyer" Arthur Andersen, and now "bullying evangelist" Victoria Osteen.

A highly paid trial lawyer who seems to lose some big cases.

and for you to treat them like shit.

I hope the Osteens get sued into fucking bankruptcy for the next seven generations, the apostate criminal filth.

So "spiritual leaders" like Falwell, Phelps, Robertson, et al., weren't enough to make her do that before? Nothin' quite like an elbow to the great wobblin' wazoobies to make her reevaluate her faith, I guess.

that are metaphorically punching you in the gut and making you say "Thank you!!!!" for it on bended worshipful knees, until they literally punch you in the gut and you get the clear field of vision that affords.

It's sad that so many people can't do that with just their brains and their common sense, but there it is.

...could come up with a lawsuit based in part on "loss of faith."

And then come up with a list of demands that reads: a) an apology and b) 10% of your net worth...in that order. :eyes:

(Not saying there aren't grounds for a lawsuit for some amount of a penalty, but was this lawyer cranky because he ran out of ambulances to chase or something?)

I've known Reginald McKamie for 35 years (back to our undergrad days) and have done some consulting work for him from time to time relating to maritime cases he's been involved in.

With that said, even I have a hard time relating the symptoms to the alleged cause, and I'm certainly no fan of Queen Victoria. I would never count McKamie out, though, since I've seen him pull rabbits out of hats before. It will all be interesting and entertaining, though.