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U.S. District Judge William S. Stickman has denied most of a petition from megachurch pastor, Bishop T.D. Jakes, seeking more than $76,000 from the former attorney of ex-pastor-turned-registered sex offender Duane Youngblood, who accused Jakes of sexually assaulting him 40 years ago.

Stickman’s order on Monday is part of an ongoing defamation lawsuit Jakes brought against Youngblood in November 2024, and came just a day after the founder of The Potter's House in Dallas, Texas, reportedly left Sunday’s service abruptly due to a non-emergency visit with his doctors.

In the defamation lawsuit, Jakes’ attorneys accused Youngblood’s former attorney, Tyrone Blackburn, of submitting fabricated quotations and misleading analysis of case law due to his reliance on artificial intel

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