Claims extracted
23
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
4%
1 of 23 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
64/100
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Crime & Law
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Televangelist Jim Bakker shouldered sexual and financial scandals that brought down his multimillion-dollar Christian TV empire before his death.
asserted
that → shoulder → death
Bakker was forced to resign from the PTL ministry in 1987 after admitting to a sexual encounter with his secretary, Jessica Hahn, who he had paid to keep quiet.
asserted
he → force → who
Hahn, then a 21-year-old, said she had been sexually assaulted by him in a Florida hotel room, something he denied.
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he → say → room
She later shared her “anger” with him in a 2017 interview, telling The Charlotte Observer: “He just believed that everybody should serve him because he was serving God.
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he → share → God
I wake up now and go, ‘Oh my God, I’m so angry.’”
asserted
I → wake → ?
Hahn said she identified with women telling their stories of sexual harassment after staying silent for years.
“People used to say, ‘Jessica, you kept quiet for eight years.
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you → say → years
Well, there were a million reasons,” she said.
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she → be → ?
“These women coming out now – there were a million reasons.
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women → come → ?
It’s like the power position is abused in every lifestyle, whether it’s politics, religion or business.”
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it → ’ → lifestyle
After Bakker resigned, fellow televangelist Jerry Falwell took control of the operation.
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Falwell → resign → operation
Bakker encountered further trouble over a probe into PTL’s finances.
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Bakker → encounter → finances
He was indicted on mail fraud, wire fraud and conspiracy charges in 1988 and later convicted.
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He → indict → 1988
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The minister was initially sentenced to 45 years in prison although that sentence was later reduced to eight years.
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sentence → read → years
He was released on parole in 1994.
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He → release → 1994
His wife Tammy Faye divorced him in 1992 while he was still in prison.
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he → divorce → prison
She died from colon cancer in 2007.
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She → die → 2007
Bakker claimed Silver Solution could heal the disease during 11 episodes on The Jim Bakker Show in February and March of 2020, according to the filing.
uncertain
Solution → claim → filing
Republican Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt sued Bakker, seeking an injunction ordering Bakker to stop selling Silver Solution as a treatment.
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Schmitt → sue → treatment
Bakker and his church paid $156,000 (£117,000) to settle the lawsuit, providing refunds to people who had paid for or donated money to obtain the product.
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who → pay → product
The settlement banned him from advertising or selling Silver Solution “to diagnose, prevent, mitigate, treat or cure any disease or illness.”
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settlement → ban → disease
Bakker, in the agreement, did not admit wrongdoing.
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Bakker → admit → wrongdoing
Bakker suffered a stroke in 2020.
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Bakker → suffer → 2020
He had two children with his first wife, and he and Lori adopted five children in 2002.
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he → have → 2002
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