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“The Bishop’s Alias Was Dick Tracy”

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That’s the name Bishop Eddie Long used when he was traveling and checking into lavish hotels with his young male church members. The men flew on Long’s personal jet and shared a bed with him at hotels.

However, the bulk of the relations occurred on the megachurch’s property, including inside Long’s “guest house” on Snapfinger Road in south DeKalb, GA.

The plaintiffs, Anthony Flagg, 21, and Maurice Robinson, 20, began having inappropriate relations with Eddie Long at the age of 16, which is the legal age of consent in Georgia, said their attorney B.J. Bernstein.

The suits allege that Long chose the plaintiffs to be his “Spiritual Sons,” a program that allegedly includes other young men from the church.

“Spiritual Sons are taken on public and private jets to U.S. and international destinations, housed in luxury hotels and given access to numerous celebrities including entertainment stars and politicians,” the suit alleges.

Flagg moved into a home owned by another New Birth pastor when he was a high school junior, according to the suit, where Long would sometimes share a bed with him. Flagg was eventually put on the church’s payroll, his suit alleges, with Long personally delivering his pay checks.

Flagg’s suit says that Long presided over a spiritual “covenant” ceremony between the two of them.

“It was essentially a marriage ceremony, with candles, exchange of jewelry, and biblical quotes,” Bernstein said Tuesday. “The bishop [told] him I will always have your back and you will always have mine.”

This is really sick!!

The suits allege that various staff members working for Long, his church and the Longfellows Academy — which the suit describes as an offshoot ministry of New Birth — “knew of Defendant Long’s sexually inappropriate conduct and did nothing to warn or protect [the plaintiffs].”

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“Reporter Did Nothing To provoke The Players”

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According to CNN, the owner of the NY Jets has apologized to a female TV reporter who was the victim of sexual harassment by Jets personnel.

Ines Sainz, a former Miss Spain who now works for popular Mexican network TV Azteca, told CNN’s Rick Sanchez that Jets owner Woody Johnson called her on Monday to apologize for the team’s inappropriate behavior. She said she accepted his apology.

On Saturday, Sainz tweeted that she was “dying of embarrassment,” after players began hooting and hollering at her and an assistant coach threw footballs at her as she stood on the sideline during a team practice.

“To be quite honest, it didn’t bother me,” said Sainz in an interview with TV Azteca. “I took it as a joke, and none of the footballs actually hit me.”

Then, when she entered the locker room to interview Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez, she said she heard players talking about her.

“I try not to hear anything, try not to pay attention. My cameraman told me, ‘Don’t look on the right, don’t look at the left,” she said. “But I really feel the noise and all the environment was talking about me.”

Sainz said that a colleague later told her what the players said about her in the locker room.

Sainz said she thought no more of it until the next day when she learned the incidents were the talk of the NFL.

The NFL says it is investigating the charges of sexual harassment toward Sainz after The Association for Women in Sports Media expressed their concerns. The NFL plans to hold “educational sessions” with the Jets next week.

Sainz should know, if you want to be viewed and respected as a professional on the job, you have to present a “Professional image”.

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“Is It Ever OK To Call The Other Woman Mommy?”

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Not according to Swizz Beatz ex-wife Mashonda.

In the October issue of Sister2Sister magazine, Mashonda is still making it very clear that, Alicia Keys was her husband’s mistress.

“We were married. Sleeping in the same bed and having sex every night while he was seeing Alicia. Okay? It was an affair. 100 percent. I don’t know why people want to change that rule so much. We had just had a kid, for crying out loud. Our child was 8 months. I found out about Alicia two days before my son turned 1. They had been doing their thing for months before that.”

And although Swizz and Alicia have since moved on, are happily married and expecting their first child together, people continue to ask Mashonda; why is she still speaking out about them?

“My story is a universal thing. This is not just something that only happened to me: This happens to women every day. Mine was just ugly. If I can help the next woman get through and be positive, then I’m going to talk about it.”

Mashonda then added, how Alicia Keys wanted her son (Kasseem Jr.) to call her mommy and how she addressed her in an email.

“Yeah. I sent her an email and asked her to please respect what I am to him and it’s not right for her to think that is okay. She never replied. She doesn’t reply to me. She has never given me that respect.” 

“It is so unfair to the child. I have been in contact with the little girls mother (the woman in England who has Swizz’s baby). She’s a young girl. She’s a spiritual girl. She apologized to me… I don’t even judge her. I can’t. She’s totally different than the other one. This other one knew. Alicia knew about me 100 percent. Swizz introduced me at prior events. They were signed to the same record company. She knew. And I emailed her and asked her to stop doing what she was doing and she disregarded me. Just like she disregarded me when I asked her to not have my son thinking it was okay to call her “umi.” You’re not his umi. You just met my son.”

“Umi” means “mommy” in Arabic. I’m like no. And then after I spoke to the lady in London, she told me that she tried to get her daughter to call her “umi” as well.

Mashonda should have addressed her child’s father Swizz regarding this issue, not Alicia.

You can read more of this twisted mess by picking up a copy of the October issue of Sister2Sister magazine.

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“Tiki Barber’s Girlfriend Defends Affair”

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Traci Johnson wants the world to know that she and the ex-giants player didn’t hook up, until well after Tiki had abandoned his marriage emotionally.

“I knew that Tiki didn’t leave Ginny when she was eight months pregnant for me. I knew that his relationship had deteriorated before my relationship with him was even a thought in his mind.”

Yeah Ok! That’s why it leaked that, she and Tiki traveled together extensively, he spoke at her college her senior year and they were seen together often; months prior to Tiki leaving his wife Jinny. Ms. Traci Johnson just don’t like the title she’s been labeled of a homewrecking whore.

Traci said when she and Tiki “are not watching rented movies, you can find us at a cozy wine bar with friends or playing in a co-ed softball league.”

See this heifer want the world to know, that it’s not just about the good sex between the two of them and that they actually have a lot in common.

Mm., So while Tiki Barber is running around with his little play mate, his wife Ginny is at home raising and being a mother to the four children he left her with.

This isn’t a good look for Traci now is it? She’s better off keeping her mouth shut IMO. Read more…

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“For Her, The Marriage Was Real”

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This is what Elin Nodegren said, as she spoke exclusively to people magazine in this week’s issue.

“I’ve been through hell,” she said. “It’s hard to think you have this life, and then all of a sudden – was it a lie? You’re struggling because it wasn’t real. But I survived. It was hard, but it didn’t kill me.”

I’m sure she thought she knew the man she married, only to find out that he was someone else.

A liar!!! Living a public facade and an image, a fake ass brand to impress the public.

Elin talks about the embarrassment and humiliation she suffered after Tiger’s multiple affairs became public.

Tiger’s now ex-wife., said she grieved the dissolve of her family and her marriage but is looking forward to moving ahead with the next chapter in her life.

“Forgiveness takes time,” she said. “It is the last step of the grieving process.”

People magazine with Elin’s interview are available on newsstands Friday.