Fendi-loving ex-con Bishop Lamor Whitehead stiffed a marketing campaign employee out of greater than $50,000 whereas making a failed run for Brooklyn borough president, courtroom papers allege.
The headline-grabbing clergyman’s former marketing campaign “road crew supervisor,” Yves Andre, claims in a lawsuit that Whitehead employed him final yr to recruit staffers to assist the bishop make his unbelievable political run — however by no means made good on his promise to reimburse the plaintiff for the hundreds of dollars he was pressured to shell out to pay staff.
Andre accuses Whitehead of fraud, breach of contract and unjust enrichment within the criticism, which was filed July 29.
“He owes me cash, he can't evade it,” Andre informed The Put up on Tuesday. “I've the proof.
“Out of everybody who has introduced claims in opposition to him, he has not talked about me as a result of he is aware of my lawsuit is legitimate,” Andre stated.
Whitehead, nevertheless, informed the Put up Tuesday that Andre “wasn’t actually an worker,” however somebody the bishop was attempting to assist flip their life round. He stated he had no contract with him.
“The lawsuit is frivolous,” Whitehead stated. “There was no contract. I used to be simply searching for some children on the road.”
Whitehead was served courtroom papers within the case Monday — proper earlier than a press convention that the bishop organized outdoors the 69th Precinct in Brooklyn.
Whitehead drove as much as the occasion in a white convertible Rolls Royce with an orange inside and was dripping in gold and diamond jewellery and sporting Fendi duds.
The controversial bishop referred to as the presser to gripe about his remedy by the NYPD after he scuffled with a girl who apparently crashed his live-streamed sermon Sunday.
Whitehead was handcuffed by cops and hauled off to the precinct for questioning together with the lady. He ended up being launched with out fees, whereas she faces raps together with trespassing.
The incident got here after the bishop was robbed on digital camera throughout one other service in July — with the masked crooks making off with greater than $1 million in jewellery from him and his spouse, he and cops stated on the time.
Whitehead — who was beforehand convicted of grand larceny and id theft — claimed Monday that he now believes even the NYPD appears to suppose at this level that he staged the theft. The Police Division has stated the case is ongoing.
In accordance with Andre’s lawsuit, the bishop employed him in April 2021 to assist out along with his marketing campaign and requested him to rent a crew of staffers.
Andre stated within the go well with that Whitehead promised him $30 an hour and crew members $20 hourly — however later lowered his price to $15 and the opposite staff’ to “various quantities.”
Even then, Whitehead repeatedly didn't pay any of them — claiming at one level that he was ready to obtain his “matched’ marketing campaign funds from town, the courtroom paperwork declare.
Whitehead stated he by no means promised to pay Andre $30 an hour, however did pay everybody a day price for his or her time labored.
“No person [was] working at no cost,” Whitehead stated, including that the road crew members have been primarily shelter residents he wished to assist present jobs to.
Andre additionally allegedly recorded a music video for Whitehead’s marketing campaign and didn’t receives a commission.
The lawsuit claims Andre has not been reimbursed for $56,684 in bills.
Whitehead questioned why Andre served him now — greater than a yr after his marketing campaign ended — when the bishop’s title has routinely been within the papers.
“He’s simply clout chasing,” he stated. “He sees different folks placing frivolous lawsuits in opposition to me and The Put up is doing a narrative on it and that’s why he had them serve me proper in entrance of Put up [reporters].”
Whitehead additionally stated his former road crew supervisor visited his church and sought his assist in July, the identical month Andre filed the go well with.
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