Megachurch Pastor Joel Osteen’s wife, Victoria Osteen, is accused of assaulting a Continental Airlines flight attendant named Sharon Brown on a flight from Houston to Vail, Colorado. Sharon Brown alleges that Victoria Osteen became incensed by a stain on her first class seat and threw her into a bathroom door and elbowed her in the left breast.
The lawsuit against Victoria Olsteen looks like it should be a pretty open & shut case since the FAA has already fined Victoria Olsteen $3,000 for interfering with a flight crew member. According to the report put out by the FAA, Victoria Osteen asked another flight attendant to clean a stain off of her first-class seat and when that attendant said she was going to go get another flight attendant to do so, Victoria Osteen grabbed yet another flight attendant and showed her the seat. The newest flight attendant said she would call the cleaning people and went to the cockpit, where Victoria Osteen followed her and then assaulted Sharon Brown. After allegedly assaulting Sharon Brown, flight attendants asked Victoria Osteen to leave the plane, which she and Joel Osteen did voluntarily.
Now that Victoria Osteen is getting sued, she and her lawyer are trying to get the FAA report thrown out of the court, saying “The FAA does in all due respect an incredibly incompetent investigation”. The lawyer for Sharon Brown said the FAA did an appropriately thorough investigation.
I have previously written a post on Pastor Joel Osteen, but his wife’s brazen assault on an airline stewardess just goes too far… Victoria Olsteen is on an airplane to go to Vail (legendary playground of the uber-rich) and she just cannot tolerate a stain on her first-class seat. After all, it might get on her expensive dress. The wife of America’s most popular pastor Joel Osteen shouldn’t have to tolerate a STAIN, right?! Joel & Victoria Osteen are a shame and embarassment on the Christian faith. Joel Osteen refuses to stand up for what he believes in (or perhaps doesn’t really believe in it at all!) and his wife Victoria Osteen is a snooty, stuck-up, rich baby. Not just a rich baby, but apparently a violent one too. Victoria and Joel Osteen are the perfect match: scam artist and vicious, pampered wife.
I simply don’t understand how 42,000 people in Houston attend Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church services each week when the leadership of Lakewood Church is so obviously terrible. Victoria Osteen should be cleaning toilets for a living and Joel Osteen should be selling cheap crap at local town fairs instead of put on a national pulpit to spew their filth.
Sharon Brown is also apparently having a difficult time getting a fair jury to hear her lawsuit allegations due to the fact that Joel and Victoria Osteen are nationally recognized figures and many potential jurors are fans of Joel Osteen’s television ministries.
I find it truly unfortunate that America has sunk to such a point that Joel Osteen and his degenerate wife Victoria Osteen are our foremost spiritual leaders.
Update August 8, 2008
The NYTimes.com wrote an article on the lawsuit today about Victoria Osteen revealing more details of the lawsuit. Victoria Osteen has been accused by Maria Johnson, one of Sharon Brown’s coworkers at Continental Airlines of even being racist. Johnson claims that Victoria Osteen barged past her and other black employees to go speak to the only white employee and that Mrs. Osteen was dismissive and abusive to Mrs. Brown because of her race. Sharon Brown also called a psychologist, Shayna Patrice Lee, to testify and she said that Sharon Brown suffers from major depression and PTS because of Victoria Osteen’s demeaning and humiliating behavior. It sounds to me like Sharon Brown is reaching a little bit in her claims, but I hope this knocks Victoria Osteen’s overblown ego back into Earth’s atmosphere. What do you readers think? Is Victoria Osteen racist? Was racism a factor in Victoria Osteen’s actions?
Instead of all her loving christian compassion
smiting of the wicked stewardess,
why didst Queen Victoria not just simply kneel
herself down in the aisle and mutter a quickie
little prayer to her petty little Jewdeo-Jesusian
God to miraculously smite down the abominable little
spot of blasphemous ungodly filth? Woulda saved a
whole lot of trouble…
on earth as it is in heaven…
hollow be His name
It is interesting to see how many people are just deceived by “charlatans†like the Osteen’s. I am not surprised with the behavior coming from these televangelists. It just shows what they really are. They are just regular sinners like any of us. The problem comes when people and media elevate them to the pinnacle. The fall could be disastrous. You are so right when you said that Victoria Osteen should be cleaning the toilets. We are called to wash other people’s feet and not to treat people bad because they don’t have high status (like the Osteen’s. Their behavior proved it) neither to get fancy cars, luxurious houses, fancy dresses, etc. That’s what this world offers and it is so easy to miss the point, which is to live the life that Jesus told us to live. That is, if you are a Jesus’ disciple. Joel Osteen never confront ate people with sin. He just tells people to live their lives at their best potential, and try to be good. Osteen’s wife is pathetic, hypocrite, and arrogant. I feel bad for the people who have to work next to them, in other words, their servants.
I can care less of Osteens in this situation… I got to tell ya, these flight attendants are way out of control. I read the wire on this event and I actually could imagine from my own experinces what these flight attendandts are willing to do. You see, since 9/11 they have been given this undefined and unchecked power. They are rude in the name of safety, they yell, snip, glare, and belittle in the name of safety. The airlines do not care about customer service, which sets the tone to the rest of the employees. I am suprised there isn’t some kind of boycotte to the Continental over this event.
I hoping the Osteen’s are cleared, only becuase of the abuse I and most passengers endure while flying these out of control airlines.
This is a terrible disgrace. It seems easy to see that this flight employee is just trying to squeeze the orange till its dry. I mean come on suing for mental distress and claiming its a racially motivated issue, it seems to me that the racially motivated edge comes from the attendant. Wow doesn’t it seem to be popular to yell race when your not White!! I pray for justice for the Osteens.
Tammy Faye Olsteen– the truth will out.
Don’t any of you people have anything better to do than bash the Olsteen’s at least their passing the Work of God to people who might be otherwise angry and bitter as you people are. Instead of bashing Christians .Get out and Help!!!! People have no idea what it takes to reach people the dedication and committment, the time and enery and draining. Get with it people .Look around you open your eyes to the reality of whats happening around this world of ours. And help someone in need.Katie
This to me just doesn’t seem right. Why is she trying to get 10% of the Osteens net worth? An apology, I can understand. And If Mrs.Osteen assualted her then she has the legal right to press charges and take her to court. But I dont see why she needs to have 10% of the Osteens net worth even if she suffered all this physical, phycological, and emotional damage that she is claiming to. And she put race into it, which makes me feel like money is her main agenda. As a flight attendant i’m sure she’s dealt with alot of people’s attutides, requests, and demands. Why doesn’t she sue them for a tenth of their entire financial worth?!
I heard this Sharon Brown has tried to sue and get money from other people. Has anyone else seen this?
What about all the great things they do for so, so many people? Of coarse thats not in the headlines everyday!
Can’t Victoria Osteen have a bad day or take up for herself, if this is the case?
What about all the great things they do everyday for so many people? Of coarse that won’t be in the headlines! What if Victoria wasn’t treated right? Would you want to sit on that dirty expensive seat and do all this as people are trying to get to their seats in coach? That first class seat should have been cleaned before anyone got on the plane just as all seats should be!
I disgusted that a preacher’s wife would be traveling first class with a pompous attitude. She admits that she was livid over a little spill. That is not in dispute. She was escorted off the plane and the flight held up for two hours. All this the preacher’s wife was traveling first class and there was some spilled coffee.
The only bigger hypocrits than religious people are their leaders. She’s crying over spilt milk while they preach to the “poor” from the pulpit of arrogance. How disgusting. It’s sad to see so many sheep support their lifestyle. What would Jesus do?
August 14, 2008
The flight attendant, Sharon Brown, who launched the false law suit against Mrs. Osteen to get money she doesn’t deserve, says the incident ruined her life. However, now that she has been exposed as a fraud, it would be poetic justice if as a result of her greed and dishonesty, she gets her life ruined now. She should be prosecuted, and sent to jail for making this false claim.
I belive this is simply another act of the devil trying to stop these nice people of spreading GODS word!! This is just another stepping stone for the osteens to overcome as the walk with the LORD! Instead of throwing stones at them why dont you pray for them? “LET HIM WHO IS WITHOUT SIN CAST THE FIRST STONE”! JOHN8:7
I have no doubt the assault happened. If there was any racism, it was on the part of Victoria Olsteen, and sadly money and influence (and a good amount of lying/acting) can get most people off any accusations. She was upset because the black flight attendants did not ‘jump’ to her commands/demands to clean the ‘mess’ up in the 1st Class seating fast enough-point blank truth. She refused to converse any further with the black attendants and went to a white one (who testified against her and was accused by Victoria and Joel of ‘not remembering the incident correctly). If ‘nothing’ happened as the Olsteens have claimed, the FAA would not have fined them $3,000.00 for the refusal to heed to the commands of the attendants (who are in charge on a aircraft) and they would not have paid the fine if they felt they were in the ‘right’. They got by with this ‘lie’, and sometimes truth takes time to come out, but it will eventually.
I have read over and over your ignorant comments about Joel Osteen and his wife and cannot fathom why anyone has such a grudge against such a Godly and inspiring man, who if you got your facts right DOES NOT ask for or mention money in ANY of his television programs AND who mentions God and quotes scripture in every single sermon he preaches. In his book that you bash also–God is mentioned on every single page AND scripture is quoted. Who are you listening to and whose book have you read because it certainly isn’t Joel Osteen!!! Why would anyone have such a grudge and hate for a Godly man who has helped so many people and who preaches such a positive and encouraging message??? Probably because you must have such a miserable life yourself and are so so NEGATIVE that you can’t stand to see someone who is uplifting, positive, and happy!! I feel sorry for you and will pray for YOUR salvation.
I noticed you had the same pic haha, Joel Osteen sucks, he is the biggest loser on the face of the earth, he always has that s*** eating grin on his face especially after the trial ended, I wish someone would not knock it right off his face. I made a post about him a couple days ago
http://www.yournobody.com/2008/08/06/the-osteensthe-king-and-queen-of-douchebags/
Your jealousy of the Osteens is showing right through. Sounds like you should you–you are not very Christian-like.
Yes…the truth will come out. I am very ashamed at the moment to be a journalist because of the sensationlism of scandals these past years. It is the media who should be cleaning toilets for a living. However, I think that the Osteen’s are very nice people and they have contributed so much to the poor and ordinary people. They are the ones that deserve an appologie from the media and the airline people. The enemy wants to destroy them with his agents. The enemy is a lier!
I have “Your Best Life Now” for quite some time now, gathering dust in my library. I will read this, see what GOOD Joel has to offer, what IMPROVEMENT his talk can bring and adapt it. Not all people can walk their talk, more so the people around them. Their talk serves as an ideal, a goal or model we all strive and aspire for even though we might stumble often. We have to keep going on the path even if we stray at times, for we are human. There are facets to our character that are not always in tune with what we profess to say or teach. Imperfect though we are, we have to keep going and look for what is good in life. It is the SONG not the SINGER that really matters.
Well no one that is human is perfect. If there is people out there that doesn’t like Joel and Victoria then stop making them headlines that way you don’t have to hear or see them. The flight attendants should stop making excuses for their slack and quick begging for money just cus they hate their jobs. If Victoria is responsible for what happen she should appologize. We will all get what we deserve and just because she is Christian doesn’t mean that she is perfect and if she is doing wrong she will be punished let it be. Oh and I really don’t believe she is racist their church is mostly mexican american and afro american I think the accusant is the ignorant one c’mon people things like this happen all the time WHEN WILL WE LEARN?