Two accusers of Bishop Eddie Long, Jamal Parris and Spencer LeGrande sat down with Jodie Fleischer over at Channel 2 News in a Miami hotel last week. The two young men had settled with Eddie Long three months ago for an undisclosed amount.
Jamal said,
“It’s just not enough anymore. I thought I could cover up the pain. I thought I could move, start over and everything will go away. I was terribly wrong…Before I used to look at you like you were a man. You ran everything, but now I got a voice. Like you got a voice.”
Spencer had this to say,
“I was fatherless, and to have a man love me just for who I was, I didn’t have to change myself, I just had to be me, I just had to love him back…The hardest part for me is watching somebody who you love destroy himself.”
The two spoke out because they still feel hurt and affected by the abuse they say. They have begun writing a tell-all book, that we’ll be waiting to hop on. Parris, who was recently placed on probation for drug charges (see here) said he even considered suicide.
Hmmm, I wonder what the status of their settlement is now that they have spoken out…even though they didn’t give us much. What do you think?
This is so sad, someone you look up to as a leader of a church. I just dont understand this @ all you mean to tell me no one seen coming. I knew someone was going to write a tell all book the story is just to interesting to simply let it go! I bet it sucks to be Eddie Long right know LOL
Would love to read that book, they should make a movie out of it too!
They need to shut up. Although it was wrong what eddie long did whether it be a man of the cloth or not I’m sure they enjoyed the perks of being his whatever you choose to call them at that time. Now they came fourth and got his money. If they felt so strongly about it they should not have agreed to settle out of court. If a gag order was in place and they are still flapping at the mouth about the case ie.. eddie long he needs to take their azz back to court and get his money back. Two wrongs don’t make a right.