"PROPHET" TONY ALAMO:
Alamo, 59, was convicted by a Memphis federal court jury Wednesday of falsifying his income tax return for 1985 and failing to file returns the following three years. The marriage accusations were made by a federal prosecutor arguing against allowing him to go free on bail to await sentencing.Following the jury's verdict in Memphis on Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Jon McCalla jailed Alamo at the request of federal prosecutor Christopher Belcher, who said Alamo posed a threat to his followers and that he might flee before sentencing on Aug. 26.
Alamo's defense attorney, Jeffrey Dickstein, who plans to appeal Wednesday's conviction, argued that polygamy claims were no reason to deny Alamo bail while he awaits sentencing.
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Author:
JULIE TAMAKI
Date:
Jun 10, 1994
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Metro; PART-B; Zones Desk
Author:
JULIE TAMAKI
Date:
Jun 10, 1994
Start Page:
6
Section:
Metro; PART-B; Zones Desk
ARKANSAS TIMES BLOG REPORT ON THE PERVERT:
Arkansas Blog
Susan and Tony, sordid and phony
The Times ran a story last year about Tony Alamo's latest cult hideout, in Texarkana, prompted by an examination of Alamo by the Southern Poverty Law Center. Now, the center has followed up that story with a piece by Susan Alamo's daughter, Christhiaon Coie, in which she talks about how Susan hooked up Tony -- a sordid tale of two con artists:
I knew who Tony Alamo was. I had seen him around the boulevard. He was supposed to be this great big promoter who had promoted the Beatles, but I knew he was a bald-faced liar. I knew that he was living with a girl who was pregnant with his child. He wasn't living with her. He was living off of her.
So I see this creep coming in with a producer I've worked with, and he's coming right toward the table and my mother's sitting there. I'm thinking to myself, "Oh crap, not this clown!"
She usually picked out men who had a little style and a lot of money. He sits down at the table and he's bullshitting until his face is about to fall off. "I promoted the Beatles" and "I promoted this guy and that guy and Sonny and Cher." Is he kidding with this? And my mother's doing the "Well I'm an actress, been around the studio for years and my daughter's a singer" thing. He's like, "I just heard her tape, she's fantastic, I can make her a big star."
And I'm watching them and it's like a tennis match of horse crap. They both think the other's got money. He gets up to go to the bathroom and I turned to my mother and I said, "Listen to me, this guy is an absolute bum. He's living with that little pregnant girl…"
She puts her finger in my face, which she did often, and said: "You mind your F-ing business. When he gets back, you wait a few minutes and politely excuse yourself from the table. And don't come home tonight."
He comes back, sits down, she looks at him and she says, "Tony, I've got to ask you a question. Did you know that Jesus Christ is coming back to earth again?" And he looks deep in her eyes and says, "Why, yes, Susan, I do know. But how did you know?" And she says, "Well, let's go up to my apartment and talk about it."
And that's how the [Tony and Susan Alamo] foundation started.
It gets worse. She alleges that Tony raped her and her mother wouldn't believe it. In that same vein, here's a story from MSNBC about a raid on a "temple" in Texas.
MISC NEWS ON THE PERVERT:
High Profile Was Tony Alamo's Downfall Fugitive: Religious cult...
Pay-Per-View - Los Angeles Times - ProQuest Archiver - Jul 28, 1991Though hunted across the nation by federal agents, religious cult leader Tony Alamo lived an open, if not completely public, life before his capture this ...
Cult Leader Pleads Not Guilty to Charge - Los Angeles Times - ProQuest Archiver (Pay-Per-View)
B; METROPOLITAN; NATION; AMERICAN SCENE; SOUTH - Washington Times - NewsBank ($2.95)All 3 related - Related web pages
Preacher Alamo Told to Return Wife's Remains
Pay-Per-View - Los Angeles Times - ProQuest Archiver - Oct 1, 1995Now Tony Alamo is also a grave robber--at least in the eyes of an Arkansas ... Susan and Tony Alamo met in a Hollywood Boulevard bar in the 1960s when Susan ...
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Pay-Per-View - Los Angeles Times - ProQuest Archiver - Mar 30, 1992Susan and Tony Alamo had founded the Holy Alamo Christian Church, also known as the Susan and Tony Alamo Foundation, in the late 1960s when they began ...
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Pay-Per-View - Los Angeles Times - ProQuest Archiver - Jun 9, 1994Flamboyant evangelist Tony Alamo was convicted on federal tax charges in ... "All Tony Alamo had to do was go to the mailbox and drop a return in the mail," ...
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Miller v. Alamo, 975 F.2d 547 (8th Cir. 09/21/1992)
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Accused of Child Abuse FBI Hunts for Cult Leader Tony Alamo
Pay-Per-View - Los Angeles Times - ProQuest Archiver - Jul 27, 1989[Valley Edition]. FBI agents Wednesday launched a manhunt for Tony Alamo, leader of a religious cult who fled the Saugus area amid charges he abused the ...
