Source: KHTS Hometown Station
Date: 02/27/2026 9:00am

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**February 27, 2014: Arkansas Judge Awards $525 Million to Victims of Evangelist Tony Alamo’s Abuse**
On Feb. 27, 2014, an Arkansas judge awarded $525 million to seven women who were abused as children by imprisoned evangelist Tony Alamo, ruling that his church acted willfully and maliciously in enabling the harm. The default judgment, one of the largest personal injury awards in state history, followed testimony detailing years of sexual, physical and psychological abuse within Alamo’s ministry. Alamo, who once operated a compound in Agua Dulce, was serving a 175-year federal sentence for child sex crimes at the time and died in prison in 2017.

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