Alamos first wife, Susan, had died of cancer the year before. He and his wife legally changed their names to Tony and Susan Alamo after they married in Las Vegas in 1966. A bitter Gyllenhammar, who runs two successful boutiques in Los Angeles and designs clothes for such Hollywood stars as Linda Evans, Joan Collins and Barbra Streisand, this week, insisted she is still legally married to Alamo, although she wishes she had never met him. Donations made to the CALS Foundation are tax-deductible for United States federal income tax purposes. The trial included testimony from church members who proved Alamo Ministries had accumulated $9 million in income for three years when he paid zero taxes. In November of that year, the judge sentenced him to 175 years in prison. Original Design by Gurpartap Singh, Eye Witness & First Hand Accounts of Abuse, Tony Alamos second wife says theyre not divorced, 1986-03-06 Press Argus Courier Alamos second wife says theyre not divorced. . Gyllenhammar is seeking a five-figure monthly alimony as part of her settlement. Theyre messed up children, Amrhein said. What my mother did was wrong. Twice married and with a daughter, she came to Hollywood and attempted to become an actress. She later claimed her husband beat and drugged her and demanded she undergo plastic surgery to make her look like Susan. They scooped up runaways and drug users off the streets of Hollywood, giving them food, shelter and fundamentalist religion tinged with anti-Catholic and anti-government messages. An assistant called back and said Alamo had divorced Gyllenhammar but would not say where. Coie, a 45-year-old singer, said last week she had not expected a monetary award but sued to preserve some semblance of her mothers dignity. Alamo, who was born Bernie Lazar Hoffman, died Tuesday at the age of 82 while in custody at a federal prison hospital in Butner, N.C., the Bureau of Prisons said, according to the Associated Press. He claimed that the governments actions against him were merely the machinations of Satan, and his followers continued to attract controversy for distributing his printed literature across the United States and beyond. In 1984, Tony Alamo married what was either his fourth or sixth wife, as there have been claims he was married four times before he wed Susan. Major support provided through a partnership with the Arkansas Department of Parks & Tourism. They complained of long shifts, and some revealed the organization required absolute loyalty. Pebbles, now 32, and Amy, 34, are sharing their story, which is also featured in the premiere episode of People Magazine Investigates: Cults, airing June 4 on Investigation Discovery. In this paragraph, we have covered all details of his relationship and wife in this article. She said she did not plan to leave the country, although Amrhein thinks she and Alamo and the children were about to take a cruise on the Queen Elizabeth II. When he was a teenager, Alamo left Joplin for the West Coast. Some days are easier than others.. "Tony was more, I think, the face of that organization, it looks like," Anthony said. She met Alamo in 1983 while he was buying clothes from her for his Nashville store. Alamo Mansion in Disrepair, Entered Now on a Dare. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, April 9, 2017, pp, 1A, 9A. Widely regarded as a cult, Tony Alamo Christian Ministries was at the center of a number of lawsuits and government actions, and its leader was jailed on a variety of charges, including income tax evasion, the theft of his late wifes body, and taking underage girls across state lines for sex. Alamo says he married Amrhein in December. Alamo went on to own a health club and work in the music industry. He claimed Satan was behind the continuous, relentless government prosecution and that he was the ultimate victim. This newspaper traced the advertising agency promoting the association to the Alamo of Nashville clothing store. 1A, 6A. His skin is very white and clammy. Im not worried. She and her son are mistreated more than the others and are both referred to as "nigger" by Alamo. On the cover of his album Bad, Michael Jackson is wearing an Alamo-painted jacket. The 61-year-old Alamonow serving a six-year sentence in Colorado for failing to file tax returns and submitting a false onemust also arrange for her proper and legal entombment, Spears ruled. She believed a miracle would save her. 2023 TIME USA, LLC. All Rights Reserved. The child on the right is Lizzy and Alamos daughter, Antoinette. As the government painstakingly made its case for tax evasion, Tony was fighting legal battles on multiple fronts. In February 1991, Alamo ordered his followers to vacate the Arkansas compound prior to a federal raid and to bring along the body of Susan Alamo. In 1976, the U.S. Department of Labor brought charges against Alamo for violations of the Fair Labor Standard Act. The first time you log in to our catalog you will need to create an account. Sensing that a panicky Alamo might move the body, Coie had obtained a restraining order, taped to the tomb, that forbade anyone from disturbing it. The girls grew up in Fouke, Arkansas, where they lived on a compound. I have a right to be angry, says Pebbles. They say they were planning a honeymoon cruise for later, Amrhein said. The ministry has buildings in Moffett and Muldrow. Additional support provided by the Arkansas General Assembly. Tony Alamo died in prison on Tuesday night. The court concluded Alamo also owed another $5 million to ex-members for unpaid labor. The children are brainwashed, but they will be OK, said Amrhein, who is involved in a bitter custody fight with his former wife, Elizabeth Amrhein-Alamo, who claims to have married, Tony Alamo, the Alma-based evangelist and has been living at his Dyer home with her children. For every Chris Coie out there, there are hundreds of people who would say just the opposite with regard to her allegations about the church and about Tony, James said. The full weight of the crimes hed committed was finally coming to light, and in 2014, a judge from Miller County, Arkansas, ruled in a case brought by seven ex-cult members. Asked about his wealth, Gyllenhammar said she is not entitled to any of his property because all of it belongs to the foundation. Georgia cop killed on first shift in retaliation for an arrest hour earlier, investigators say, Remains Found And Believed To Be Man Reported Missing In May 2021, Brother Accused Of Murder, Subscribe to Front Page Detectives Newsletter. 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Again, followers worked in these businesses for practically nothing. Acting didnt pan out, but Susan Lipowitz made a good living as an evangelical preacher, often leaving southern California for long stretches to preach in tents across the country. Lizzy and her parents were threatened with expulsion from the group and eternal damnation if they did not comply with Alamos demand for her virginity. All Rights Reserved. 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Kenya was the son of Diana Elena Williams Alamo, a legal ex-wife of Alamos. Alamo, 74, faces up to 175 years in prison, plus fines that could total $2.5 million. When you visit this site, it may store or retrieve information on your browser, mostly in the form of cookies. In return, their own needs would be met and their children would receive basic education through high school. The housing complex in Muldrow appears to be vacant. Amy was 14. Religion News Blog posted this on Sunday October 1, 1995.Last updated if a date shows here: Saturday, December 23, 2006. Even so, why werent my children in school last week? She was already married to Kenya Williams (African American) and pregnant with his child at the time. Sunday October 1, 1995 Alamo Christian Ministries, Tony Alamo. Whispering in the Daylight: The Children of Tony Alamo Christian Ministries and Their Journey to Freedom. Specific details about his death were not immediately known, though he reportedly suffered from a number of health problems, including diabetes and a 2011 heart attack. She was arrested as she went to pick up her passport. She bore a child to Tony, a girl, Antoinette, in June of 2001. In 1984, Tony Alamo married what was either his fourth or sixth wife, as there have been claims he was married four times before he wed Susan. Additional support provided by the Arkansas Humanities Council. For Tony to say he beat out Julio as an entertainer of the year is completely crazy. Gyllenhammar was referring to Alamos claim that the American D.J. He called the new entity Music Square Church and filed for tax-exempt status. Communal living was a staple of the Music Square Church. [1][2] The Alamo Ministries posted a notice of his death on its website's homepage, but it has not posted a notice of succession nor has it stated what its future plans are. Around the time of his wifes death, Tony changed the name of the church and consolidated its power. Shown here with their son, Sion. In addition to clothing, the church produced music and began distributing Christian music and sermons nationally. By the time the church was at its height in 1980, they had their own television ministry and were bringing in tens of thousands of dollars each week. Does Mike Murdock's 58 days seed covenant really work? According to Alamo, while he was in a meeting at a Beverly Hills investment firm, Jesus came to him and told him to preach the second coming of Christ. The other children (Tabor and Antoinette) were conceived during Alamo and Kroopfs marriage and the biological mothers (Lydia Willis and Elizabeth Mercado) are in the group and currently living with (or near) Alamo. It was her second marriage. I made sure he was properly dressed. Special Trial Judge Larry L. Nameroff ruled, however, that the organization was essentially operated for Tonys and Susans private benefit, and the IRS seized some of the church property for an auction. . The term 'cult expert' is not protected. Lydia Unofficial wife of Tony Alamo. On September 25, 2008, Alamo himself was arrested in Flagstaff, Arizona, on a federal warrant charging him with violating the Mann Act, a federal statute enacted to stop the trafficking of women or girls across state lines, over a period from March 1994 through October 2005. Alamo followers still pepper the IRS with legal challenges, help with his defense, and make their presence known through their trademark brochures. New congregants signed on, then the church transported them to a rural location of Agua Dulce, California, about an hour northeast, for a hot meal and a sermon. The imprisoned Evangelist preacher Tony Alamo, who sexually abused young girls he considered to be his wives, has died after serving more than seven years of a 175-year prison sentence, authorities said. By now, he was a millionaire with a large staff of workers. Susan Alamo died in April 1982. He remained in prison until his death in May 2017. Amrhein doesnt believe the children went to school while they lived at the foundation in Dyer. I mean, you cant put a good face on that, she continued. "[16] MSC sued and lost in the United States Court of Federal Claims. Alamos attorneys kept the issue before the courts from 1985 to 1992, arguing that church-owned enterprises were exempt from federal income taxes because they were churches in disguise. I took care of his business. Tony was heartbroken. The Barely Legal Empire of Tony Alamo. Village Voice, May 13, 2008. There are still many, many people nationally and internationally who have great admiration for him., But Spears also ordered Alamo to pay Coie $100,000, finding that he had committed a so-called tort of outrage against her by withholding her mothers bodyoutrageous conduct that any person knows would cause much grief and anguish to a child.. Among the businesses which Alamo started was decorating denim jackets and airbrushing them with bright, colorful designs. Mrs. Alamo, 33, a soft-spoken woman whose second child is due to be born Tuesday, said she expected the raid, if not Friday then someday. Years after his wife's death, Tony began taking child brides, as young as 8 years old, and in 2009, he was sentenced to 175 years in prison for transporting young girls across state lines for sex. Susan became ill with breast cancer in the late 1970s, just as shed reached the height of her business success. Alamo turned fugitive in 1989 and wasnt captured till July 1991, after a tip came in from a viewer of Americas Most Wanted.. When Bernie, sometimes called Mark, met Susan in 1965, they were both on their second marriages--at least thats what he told her. Millions Awarded to 7 Tied to Alamo. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, February 28, 2014, p. 4B. The grounds included a school, a printshop, a tabernacle and a workshop for producing clothing and garments. Tony began a concerted effort to avoid reporting his income. The next raid wouldnt just be the feds and it wouldnt be a pesky tax problem. History: In California in February 1993 Tony Alamo took Lydia , an African American, as a second wife. ET) on Investigation Discovery. Gyllenhammar, who moved to California from Sweden 15 years ago, talked of a romance that had gone sour. Many of these individuals chose to stay on to become Bible students and lay ministers. If hed married Brooke Shields I would be jealous. Says Randall Harris, a retired FBI agent who investigated the case: The world revolved around Tony Alamo.. The girls grew up in Fouke, Arkansas, where they lived on a compound of the eponymous religious organization created in the late 1960s by Tony Alamo and his wife, Susan. In 1975, the Alamos purchased land in Dyer, near Alma, and there established the main branch of the Music Square Church, which later was called the Holy Alamo Christian Church Consecrated before its present name was adopted. He apparently adopted the name Marcus Abad for some time and achieved some modicum of success as a big band crooner in Los Angeles, California. All Rights Reserved. Members in Dyer worked on a large campus compound. Tony Alamos second wife says they have never divorced and insists that his third marriage to Elizabeth Amrhein is invalid. Tony Alamo's Wife, Girlfriend His marital status is not known. For more on former child brides Amy Eddy and Pebbles Rodriguez, subscribe now to PEOPLE or pick up this weeks issue, on newsstands now. Sadly, there are many more under age children that were forced by Alamo to be another one of his wives. Tony Alamo talks to reporters as he is escorted to a waiting police car outside the federal courthouse in Texarkana, Ark. [11], In 2016, award-winning playwright Ernest Kearney produced his one-man show My Alamo War for the Hollywood Fringe Festival in Los Angeles, California. 25-Apr-1925, m. 1966, d. 8-Apr-1982 cancer) Wife: Birgetta Oyllenhammer (m . Always the promoter, the Alamos established their theological foundation as staunchly anti-Catholic, promoting conspiracy theories about how the Pope, United Nations and mainstream media stood behind the US.. Presidency. Major funding provided by the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation. Alamo began preaching in Los Angeles in the 1960s on a platform of anti-catholicism, homophobia and polygamy with young women, according to the AP. This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Her body was taken to the foundation's compound on a ridge overlooking the town of Dyer, Arkansas, where Susan Alamo was born as Edith . But she died a hard death and what she did is between her and God, and what hes done is so apart from anything human, anything decent. Sprinkle said she, her parents and others were beaten severely. Anti-Catholic, pro-polygamy evangelist convicted in 2009 on 10 counts of transporting underage girls across state lines for sex. During his outlaw years, hed threatened to kidnap a federal judge, dug up and removed with late wifes body from her heart-shaped mausoleum and made millions of dollars selling high-end painted jeans jackets to celebrities. Welsh, Adam. The miniseries describes their founding and running of the Tony and Susan Alamo Christian Foundation which the program characterizes as a "cult" through which the Alamos became rich by exploiting their followers who truly believed in them. There are witnesses that can verify that Alamo, in a rage, cruelly beat and kicked Jordan. He came to me nose to nose and pulled a Muhammad Ali on me. Shown here holding Alamos biological son, Sion, in Palm Springs, California in 1993 and then again with her son, Jordan (picture taken in 1994) and another wife, Elizabeth Mercado (aka Lizzy Gutierrez) Franke, Eric W. A Brief History of the Alamo Christian Foundation. New England Institute of Religious Research. He remained in federal custody since then, spending his days at the Federal Medical Center in Butner, North Carolina, when he died on May 2, 2017, at the age of 82. History: In California in February 1993 Tony Alamo took Lydia , an African American, as a second wife. Just why Alamo had the corpsewhich he claimed spoke to him from the graveremoved from its tomb was not explained in Spears order. I dont get the feeling he is very smart.. Over the years, Alamo has alternately admitted and denied that he knew of the corpses whereaboutsmost recently maintaining he had no control over the theft or return. [8] Converting from Judaism to Christianity, she became an itinerant evangelist before she met Hoffman. U.S. District Judge Morris Arnold, finding that they had indeed been abused, later awarded damages to the boys in question. Tucker, Maria Luisa. He served slightly less than four years, was transferred to a Texarkana halfway house, and by Christmas 1998, he was a free man again. He arrived in Los Angeles in the 1960s, claiming he was a music promoter with clients including the Beatles. Today, the girl born into the Alamo church is a grown woman, as is her younger sister, and Coies pride in both her daughters is immense. At the end of a trial that included several women testifying that they had been sexually abused by Alamo, some having been forced to become his wives as young as eight years old, Alamo was found guilty on July 24, 2009, on ten counts of taking underage girls across state lines for sex. When a tribute gift is given the honoree will receive a letter acknowledging your generosity and a bookplate will be placed in a book. [10][11] The church became the subject of controversy and as a result, it was frequently criticized for its manner of evangelization, which often involved young members of the congregation walking on the streets of Hollywood, inviting people to convert to Christianity and taking them to the church for evening services in Agua Dulce roughly an hour away for a meeting and a meal. The monthly gross went from $50,000 to $120,000.. Online at http://www.religionnewsblog.com/8506 (accessed February 23, 2023). Her mother, Debbie Ondrisek, is still in the group and feels privileged that her daughter is married to the World Pastor. The following month, Susan Alamo was re-interred in Tulsa, Oklahoma. History: Alys went to Tony Alamos house in Fouke, Ark at 11 yrs old to become Alamos wife. Susan died in the early Spring of 1982. Rate and review titles you borrow and share your opinions on them. People Magazine Investigates: Cults premieres Monday (9 p.m. 2833. I doubled the business at the Alamo of Nashville store. If you can, provide 1-2 sources of information backing up this correction. He has written and spoken favorably about polygamy over the years. 100 Rock Street Tony spent the last 20 years in and out of prison, pioneered conspiracy talk radio, and built an empire that couldnt withstand the lust and greed of its creator. She married Tony, who at the time was a fugitive, in hiding from charges of felony child abuse in California. The states medical examiner will have to verify that the remains are those of Susan Alamo, who died of cancer in 1982, more than a decade after she and Tony founded the fire-and-brimstone Holy Alamo Christian Church in Hollywood. At the age of 82, Tony Alamo died while serving his federal prison sentence. Theme Ported to Wordpress by Kaushal Sheth . She threw Alamo out of her Los Angeles home last fall after he broke a 200 year old statue. When Tony got back into the business in 1999, he immediately went on the air. Preacher Tony Alamo's mugshot was released with new allegations that he had multiple wives, including a nine-year-old girl. Jordan (Kenyas son) was born in Alamos house and Alamo currently refers to him as the bastard and the nigger. Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, List of organizations designated by the Southern Poverty Law Center as anti-LGBT hate groups, "Tony Alamo, Apocalyptic Ministry Leader Convicted of Sex Abuse, Dies at 82", "Christian Cult Leader and Child Sex Abuser Tony Alamo Dies in Federal Custody". She didnt hink he will hold on to his wealth much longer. A few years later, her estranged daughter, Christhiaoan Coie, successfully sued him in 1995 for access to her mothers body for burial. In 2019, the American television channel Sundance TV broadcast the four-part miniseries Ministry of Evil: The Twisted Cult of Tony Alamo, based on the lives of Tony and Susan Alamo. Regardless of his motive, if Alamo doesnt comply with Spears ruling, hell go straight to Crawford County Jail in Arkansas after completing his federal prison sentence and be held there indefinitely. 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