Televangelist Jim Bakker slapped with hefty penalty for peddling bogus coronavirus cure

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By Travis Gettys
Published June 23, 2021

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Televangelist Jim Bakker was smacked with a hefty penalty for promoting "silver solution" as a potential cure for the coronavirus.

The state of Missouri had sued Bakker last year for marketing the colloidal silver solution to treat coronavirus early in the pandemic, promising the unapproved substance could cure that illness and others, and Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced that his office had recovered $156,000 in restitution.

Schmitt's office also obtained a consent judgment against Bakker and his Morningside Church Productions prohibiting the televangelist from selling or advertise the product and repay customers who had bought "silver solution" from him.

https://www.rawstory.com/jim-bakker-silver-solution/

Back in the day they use to be called snake oil salesmen...

[ck4829]

1. "I've been canceled. Give me money!" in 3... 2...

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Critical Race Theory

[Midnight Writer]

2. That doesn't sound like much of a "penalty" to me.

How much of this stuff did he sell, in the Name of Jesus?

How many suffered because they bought this "medicine" while rejecting genuine treatment?

This guy is a repeat offender, with the brass to do his lying and stealing right out in the open, who relies on respect for religion to give him a free pass.

Take this guy off the streets for a spell. He has proven himself incorrigible.

[Grins]

7. Agree! "Restitution" is not a penalty.

Where is the penalty part in all this?

[Blue_true]

19. One state can only sue him for residents of that state.

My guess is a few other states will be taking his ass to Court.

[GReedDiamond]

3. Motherfucker already spent almost 5 years in prison...

...from the asshole's wikipedia entry:

Celebrity lawyer Alan Dershowitz acted as Bakker's parole attorney, having said that he "would guarantee that Mr. Bakker would never again engage in the blend of religion and commerce that led to his conviction."

So what was selling "silver solution" through his phony "ministry"?

Scumbag should die in prison.

[marble falls]

6. So should Jim Baker.

[GReedDiamond]

8. That's who I was referring to...

...not Dershowitz. Sorry if my wording was confusing.

[marble falls]

9. Not confusing in the least. Dershowitz is a scumball. I remember when he was a liberal champion ...

... he crossed over to the dark side when he defended Klaus von Bulow.

[Blue_true]

20. Since neither can be distinguished from the other, no apology is needed. nt

[marble falls]

4. Colloidal silver side effect ...

The good news is he's working a traveling roadshow "Smurfs Extravaganza" as Poppa Smurf. And all the neighborhood kids stay off his lawn

[malaise]

14. Is that for real?

[Comfortably_Numb]

5. Grifters gonna grift in the name of the invisible cloud daddy.

[stillcool]

10. not nearly 'hefty' enough

drop in the bucket for cons like him.

[keithbvadu2]

11. Jim Bakker's apocalypse chow

Apocalypse Chow: We Tried Televangelist Jim Bakker's 'Survival Food'

(It did not get rave reviews)

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/12/03/456677535/apocalypse-chow-we-tried-televangelist-jim-bakkers-survival-food
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Jim Bakker's apocalypse chow - videos...

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=End+Times+Phony+Jim+Bakker+Wants+To+Sell+You+Food+To+Survive+The+Apocalypse

[raccoon]

12. Lock him up! Nt

[malaise]

13. Once a Con

always a con

[spanone]

15. send him back to prison

[malaise]

16. Looks like the CON in Conservative

has real meaning - they are all Cons/grifters or both

[spanone]

17. Both & then some!

[UTUSN]

18. He's still amongst us?