ENCORE: Brooklyn's Bling Bishop

Scamfluencers

Wondery

Society & Culture

4.1 • 7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Now that Lamor Whitehead has been sent to prison, we return to his Biblical fall from grace. In 2006, Lamor gets arrested while wearing a mink coat, prompting the New York post to dub him a “high roller.” But after a stint in prison, Lamor reinvents himself as a man of God. He starts his own for-profit ministry called Leaders of Tomorrow and befriends some very influential people, including New York politician Eric Adams. But Lamor never lets go of his flashy lifestyle. After he gets robbed while wearing expensive jewelry, his community begins to wonder: How does the pastor of a tiny church afford all of this luxury?

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0:08.4	Sarah, do you remember Eric Adams' best friend, Brooklyn's very own bling-bishop, Lamar Whitehead?
0:14.0	I will never forget him for as long as I live. I'll never forget anything about him.
0:19.4	Good. Well, we have an update on this crooked man of the cloth.
0:23.2	He was convicted of stealing a parishioner's retirement savings and attempted extortion.
0:27.6	Lamour didn't even get to ceremoniously turn himself in.
0:30.8	He was already in custody after the judge revoked his bail in May.
0:34.3	In a live stream after his conviction, he tried to intimidate his victims and
0:38.2	flashed confidential court documents. He reportedly even tried selling those documents online.
0:44.0	I didn't know there was a market for that, but scammers got a scam.
0:48.0	Prosecutors called Lamour a career conman and liar before sentencing.
0:52.0	Shocking that they'd say that about someone obsessed
0:54.4	with showing off their expensive jewelry,
0:56.2	luxury cars, and very tacky high-end suits.
0:59.4	And in June, he was sentenced to nine years in prison.
1:02.2	He got away with so much for a very long time
1:04.8	that I'm actually quite shocked he's in prison.
1:07.9	Well, his lawyers have said that they'll appeal,
1:09.8	but there's no word on that yet.
1:11.3	At this point, maybe Lamar's best bet is to
1:13.4	pray for some divine intervention. And while he does some soul searching from
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