Scary mugshot of  Thomas Weeks, Jr.

I read an article in the December, 2007 Essence Magazine titled, I’ve Come This Far by Faith. It was in reference to the Juanita Bynum – Thomas Weeks saga.

As my regular readers know, I’ve gotten on her as much as I’ve gotten on him. I was really agitated by the fact that she was trying to collect “threshing floor” money when the truth of the matter is, she can go into a spare room to pray just like everyone else does. Her prayers are no more special than anyone else’s prayers, and I personally resent any implication of such.

I also had written an article in which I questioned whether or not some of what happened in their marriage was as a direct result of her behavior, such as with the threat of a brick, etc. And of course all that mess is captured on video during their conferences. They saw that garbage as cute at the time. It was in fact, nothing short of pathetic in my view.

Many of the questions I had pondered in my own mind were actually answered in the Essece article and I believe the things she said.

The Attack Night

I really wanted to know what had happened on the night in which she was attacked and stomped. This is her account of what had happened:

The two of them had met and had had some discussions about money. Apparently she believed that when push came to shove, it was all about money with Thomas Weeks. Because she thought that maybe things would start to work out between them, she spent the night with him.

I’ll pause here. To give you all an idea of  Thomas Weeks’ character, he has gone around telling people that they had spent the night together the night before the attack. What man who respects his wife will go around blabbering to folks that he slept with his wife, whenever. How is that the public’s business? I’m sure she mentioned that part because he had already put it out there to the media.

The very next day he started sending her text messages which she viewed as threatening and intimidating. He was demanding to talk to her about money. His rage had built up within himself again—in spite of their night together.

He had been enraged about some tithes that she had given to a mission. In his mind, the money should have gone to him. Reading between the lines, one gets the impression that Thomas Weeks has an explosive temper with rage. He appears to be a very angry man who holds on to issues and then explodes.

He was demanding that she meet him at the hotel restaurant. If she were smart, she would have followed her instinct and got out of there. Instead, she told two of her friends to rent rooms and to stay close by because she did not feel safe.

At the restaurant, he started in about money and became angry (of course). She asked him, “Has loving me always been about the money? Have you ever just seen me for me?” The conversation turned more intense and he made an ominous threat: “When I get through with you, nobody will respect you anymore”.

Stop there. You know what I believe happened?  Thomas Weeks is a nobody and he knows that. He is a boring self-appointed “bishop” who tries to make himself somebody by calling himself Bishop Thomas Weeks III. In fact, he is simply Thomas Weeks, Jr. And he is about as much a bishop as I am an apostle. I don’t care how many ceremonies he had to declare himself bishop, he has done NOTHING to earn such a a title, so I call it bogus.

Weeks’ Motives

Prior to hooking up with Juanita Bynum, no one had heard of him and no one cared that he existed. He was divorced (I’d love to get the story on that one!) with a daughter. He was running around making debts that he was not paying and quite frankly, nothing has changed. He is in over $100,000 worth of debt. Due to a threat of eviction, he ran out of his house like he had fire under his butt.

Was he jealous of the following that Juanita Bynum enjoys? I’m certain that he was and still is. She still has her following. Her website receives over 100,000 hits per month and she can still fill up a 10,000 seat church. And where is he? He is now seen by many as an anger filled rogue who beats, chokes and stomps women. Outside of his cultish church of dummy members, I cannot imagine that anyone else who is sane would sit under his creepy ministry of made-up doctrine for over a few seconds. Long enough to get up out of there.

Homeless and Humiliated

People don’t know that as a result of Thomas Weeks, there was a period of time that Juanita Bynum was living in the back of their church. They had been evicted from the house. She had put $300,000 down on the house and his responsibility was to pick up from there and pay the rent (they were on a two year lease with option to buy). Well he did not pay it. So she ended up living in the church. And guess what? He even had their property moved to the church without first alerting her. That is what I would call truly allowing a man to drag you down. To be homeless and have to live in a cold church? Wow. You can do bad by yourself.

Getting back to the beatdown. They had a heated discussion. He has threatened to ruin her reputation. Then in the next breath, he tells her to return “home”. She countered by telling him that “home” no longer exists and that “home” was now the church, which she no longer wanted to live in.

They end up outside and he goes back to the past—reminding her that she did not attend his birthday party. (Boo freakin hoo!)

Her response was, “But you said God said don’t have a birthday party”.

[Allegedly] – Next thing she knew, she was being choked, punched, kicked in the genitals and stomped. And when the bellhop pulled him off, she begged the bellhop not to kill him since she saw the bellhop reaching into his pocket.

Dealing With Abusers

She did not want to call the police but the doctor at the hospital called because the bruises were so pronounced, he felt an obligation. As a result of that beating, she still has marks on her body and ended up with pneumonia from being brutally kicked in the back.

I am NOT a Juanita Bynum fan. However, I support her 100% in leaving and filing for a divorce from this jealous nobody who, in so many words, made it clear that he was going to go after her to destroy what she had built up. He already had her humiliated, with no house and living out of a church.

The devil IS a liar! She is a better woman than me cause he would have been out of my life the first sign of abuse. Allegedly, this was not the first time he had shoved her. I don’t believe in sleeping with the enemy and I DO believe in divorce. So I support her in this 100%. It was long overdue.    

I have a question to any man or woman reading this who believes she should have stayed with a man who allegedly:

a. Told her he was out to destroy her reputation

b. Refused to pay bills and got them evicted

c. Had pushed her in the past

d. Had exhibited rage throughout their marriage

e. Bragged to the media about sleeping with her the night before the attack (how tacky!)

e. Was witnessed by a bell hop beating the living slop out of her…

Would you want your daughter, your sister, your mama trying to reconcile with that dangerous garbage? If so, go on with your bad self. Not this girl. Noooooo….

NOTE:  There is a link in this blog to the Essence article. Be forewarned that the article link DOES NOT include the entire article. Just enough to tease you into purchasing the magazine.