", Pollard's case encountered several setbacks. Pollard provided copies of several video messages depicting Jones, and screenshots of text messages between her and the bishop, to KRQE in Albuquerque. Lawson, who now lives in Atlanta, doesn't recall exactly when Pollard told her about Jones' behavior, but remembers watching her friend and the bishop entering, and later exiting, the DoubleTree. Kimberly Pollard first met Bishop James L'Keith Jones, a pastor in the Church of God in Christ, in Clovis, New Mexico, 1994. While Jones admitted to a portion of Pollard's allegations, including the video message where he referred to her young daughter as "sexy," he also attempted to reframe them as relatively benign. The talented ice hockey player Keith Jones has earned a fair amount of money through his professional career. Her relationship with Jones continued until she was 18, Pollard said, when Jones got married to another woman. It's unclear if Clemons still has a role within the church. [25], In 2018, Jones' was honored with Villanova University's Young Alumni Medal, which recognizes an alumnus/a who has reached a significant level of achievement in his/her profession and who is a model of the quality and caliber of today’s Villanova student. He anchors NBC10 News at 5, which airs Monday through Friday from 5pm to 6pm.
Pollard was helping her godmother make phone calls for a June youth convention organized by the church, also known as COGIC, which describes itself as "the largest Pentecostal denomination in the United States," with 6.5 million members across 63 countries.
The judge overseeing the case ruled that Texas's statute of limitations for sexual assault, plus the absence of a connection between Jones' official role within COGIC and his actions toward Pollard, shielded the church or its leadership from legal claims. that Pollard filed as an exhibit in her federal case: Pollard didn't characterize the alleged incident as violent or forcible, but sexual intercourse between a 16-year-old and 30-year-old is, Pollard said the first woman she told about the incident other than Lawson was a young woman in the church she was close with, and that woman told her youth group's adult chaperone. Pollard obtained a writ of execution, a legal instrument that allows her to seize Jones' property, in December 2018. "They shut me up when I was 16, but now I have a voice," Pollard said. since. "Each time, Bishop Jones would inform Plaintiff Pollard that no one would believe her because he was too powerful and had too many connections within the church. In 2007, a 53-year-old woman alleged COGIC pastor Charles Smith sexually abused her four decades earlier, when she was 12 years old. He is currently a hockey studio analyst for NBCSN and a color commentator for Philadelphia Flyers games on sister network NBC Sports Philadelphia.In 491 NHL games, Jones produced a … She said he accused her "of violating the trust of their relationship," and that they temporarily broke things off.
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He is a happily married man. she asked. But she still hasn't received any money from Jones. Read more: Nearly 400 Southern Baptist church leaders and volunteers have been accused of sexual misconduct over the last 2 decades. Jones joined WCAU in Philadelphia as the Weekday Morning Anchor in July 2012, making him the youngest anchor (27) in the Philadelphia area. February 16, 2016 by L.A Girl Leave a Comment. Then, in 2010, Pollard had a daughter of her own with another man. Kimberly Pollard first met Bishop James L'Keith Jones, a pastor in the Church of God in Christ, in Clovis, New Mexico, 1994. For three years as an undergraduate, Keith traveled the country with the Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team as a student manager and practice player. When he was younger he became an apprentice for Harefield Pottery in London. "[8], He has said that his responsibilities caused him to miss half his classes every year.
Pollard said she's received death threats and had to change her phone number after coming forward with allegations against Jones. For further details of our complaints policy and to make a complaint please click here.
Your email address will not be published. ", After being mocked for crying in 2015, Keith took to Twitter and wrote: "Yes yes yes ! At the time, Pollard did not yet consider Jones dangerous, so she later allowed him to contact her daughter, then 5, over video chat and telephone. According to his extended resume , Jones also serves on the Board of Directors for Main Line Deputy Dog, a nonprofit dedicated to helping people with physical challenges or mental health concerns train their own dogs to be fully-certified service dogs.
One day, according to Pollard, the trio went out to collect several fruit baskets from a DoubleTree Hotel in downtown Albuquerque where church delegates were staying. He was planning to visit his mother at a hospital in Lubbock, Texas, where Pollard had moved in 2000, and wanted to reconnect in person.
The CBS and Fox affiliate aired a clip showing Jones describing someone as "sexy" in a nightgown. But who is Keith Brymer Jones and why does he cry at the sight of someone trying to master the raku technique? Jones is married t0 Laura Jones. The bishop remains the head of the entire New Mexico jurisdiction of the Church of God in Christ. After one year, he was promoted to anchoring weekends and then weekday mornings. Attorneys for COGIC and the board of bishops, that the church was immune to liability because Jones "was not acting within the course and scope of any employment provided by the church.". showing Jones describing someone as "sexy" in a nightgown.
[6] While attending New Egypt High School, Jones was captain of the basketball team and performed the lead in the school musical all four years. to the church's final decision, which later appeared as an exhibit in Pollard's federal case, Jones expressed regret about the investigation's impact on the larger church: "Multiple times during the 20 year illicit affair, Plaintiff Pollard would attempt to, disengage from the relationship and advocated to confessing her sins to the church,", . Jones was furious that she was involved with someone else, Pollard claimed in her complaint, where she described him as "irate and demeaning." 15k Followers, 618 Following, 828 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Keith Jones (@keithjonesnbc10)
"Isn't that what the church is for? After retirement, he went to work as the in-studio TV analyst for The NHL on NBC and worked as co-host on 94 WIP as well as seen in TSN as an analyst.