E CAR SO FAR NO
ARES HAVE BEEN MADE.
>> A 70-YEAR-OLD DREAMS
SHATTERED.
>> TONIGHT NEW ALLEGATIONS NEW
LAWSUITS AGAINST THE SOUTH
FLORIDA PASTOR WE EXPOSED LAST
MONTH.
>> TALK TO US, PASTOR?
>> YOU NEED TO BE AWARE THIS MAN
IS A CHEATER PART TWO OF OF A
LOCAL 10 NEWS INVESTIGATION,
REVEALING MORE UNHOLY ACTS.
>> AN ELDERLY MAN RETIRED CLAIM
AS SOUTH FLORIDA PASTOR HAS
TAKEN HIM FOR MORE THAN HALF A
MILLION DOLLARS AND TRICKED HIM
INTO SIGNING OVER HIS DREAM
HOUSE.
>> HE IS ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE
THAT CONTACTED LOCAL 10 NEWS.
>> AS WE FIRST REPORTED LAST
MONTH, ALLEGED VICTIMS CLAIMED
THEY HANDED OVER CASH AND GAVE
HIM A DEPOSIT TO BUY HIS CAR.
>> ALL CLAIMED THEY GOT NOTHING,
TONIGHT JEFF WEINSIER IS BACK ON
THE CASE STILL TRYING TO GET
ANSWERS.
>> THESE ARE THE PRAYER, THAT'S
THE BACK SIDE OF THE HOUSE.
>> 70-YEAR-OLD EDWARD FULLER HAS
THE PLANS THE PERMITS THE
PICTURES.
>> I CAN WALK THROUGH THIS HOUSE
BLINDFOLDED.
>> HE CLAIMS HE IS WAS BLIND
SIDE
BY THIS MAN.
>> HE SOLD MY HOUSE.
HE SOLD IT?
>> FOR HOW MUCH?
>> HE SOLD IT IT FOR $380,000.
>> AND HOW MUCH DID YOU GET?
>> NOT ONE RED CENT.
>> HE BOUT THIS PIECE OF
PROPERTY 30 YEARS AGO AND HAD A
PLAN, AFTER A 35 YEAR CAREER AT
THE U.S. POSTOFFICE, HIS
RETIREMENT PROJECT, WAS TO BUILD
HIS DREAM HOUSE FOR HIS FAMIL
IT WAS FOR MY DAUGHTERS ONCE I
WAS GONE ON.
>> AFTER RETIREMENT THE WALLS
AND ROOF WENT UP, HE RAN OUT OF
MONEY TO FINISH, AND THAT IS
WHEN HE CLAIMED ONE DAY, PASTOR
ERIC REDDEN JUST PULLED UP.
>> NEVER MET HIM BEFORE.
>> NEVER MET HIM BEFORE, AND
SOMEHOW HE GOT THE INFORMATION
THAT I WAS HAVING A PROBLEM
GETTING IT COMPLETED.
>> HE CLAIMED HE TOOK HIM TO A
HARD MONEY LED FOR A LOAN.
>> I TRUSTED HIM.
>> TAKE A LOO AT RECORDS A
NONFOR PROFIT WAS MADE THE
CONTRACTOR O A $125,000 LOAN,
PASTOR ERIC REDDEN IS THE
PRESIDENT OF THAT NOT FOR
PROPERTY.
OH AND THERE WAS A CATCH TO GET
THE LOAN.
>> IN ORDER TO GET THE LOAN.
>> YOU HAD TO SIGN 50% OF YOUR
PROPERTY OVER TO HIM.
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
>> SINCE CONVENTIONAL LENDERS
HAD TURNED HIM DOWN, HE AGREED
AND WORK ON THE HOUSE DID BEGIN
BUT THE MONEY RAN OUT, THE HOUSE
WAS NOT FINISHED AND IN ORDER TO
GET MORE FUNDS USING HIS GOOD
CREDIT, THE PASTOR PERSUADED HIM
TO SIGN OVER THE OTHER 50% OF
THE HOUSE S FULLER'S CREDIT
WOULD BE FREE AND CLEAR.
AND THAT MEANT PROJECT YOUTH
UNLIMITED AND ERIC REDDEN NOW
OWN THE ENTIRE HOUSE I PROMISE
YOU YOU WILL GET YOUR HOUSE
BACK, YOU ARE GOING TO GET YOUR
HOUSE BACK.
>> BUT IT NEVER HAPPENED HE SAID
HE ONLY LEARNED HE SOLD THE
HOUSE FOR $380,000, WHEN HE DID
A PROPERTY RECORDS SEARCH I SAID
YOU SOLD MY HOUSE.
I CAN'T LOSE MY MONEY.
>> TALK TO US, PASTOR?
>> ERIC REDDEN HAS CANCELED
PLANS TO TALK TO US ON CAMERA
MORE THAN ONCE, AND AS WE
REPORTED FIRST LAST MONTH,
OTHERS HAVE TOLD LOCAL 10 NEWS
THEY GAVE REDDEN CASH DEPOSITS
TO RENT HOMES BUY CARS THEY HAVE
LOANED HIM CASH, AND WHEN THINGS
FELL THROUGH, REDDEN CALLS UP.
>> YOU THINK YOU CAN COME AFTER
ME, YOU DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE
DEALING WITH.
>> THE LEGAL TROUBLES AGAINST
THIS PASTOR ARE MOUNTING
ACCORDING TO THESE RECORDS BLACK
RAIN CAPITOL HAS FILED SUIT
AGAINST PASTOR REDDEN AND HIS
CHURCH FOR FRAUD, NEGLIGENCE,
AND CIVIL THEFT.
GRAIN SAYS THEY FRONTED REDDEN
MONEY TO BUY HOUSES AND TRUSTED
HIM BECAUSE HE WAS QUOTE A MAN
OF GOD.
AN ATTORNEY SAYS REDDEN NEVER
REPAID OR SPLIT PROCEEDS FROM
THE SALE OR PROPERTIES COURT
RECORDERS ALSO SHOW HE WAS
ORDERED TO TAKE AN ANGER
MANAGEMENT CLASS AFTER SENDING
HARASSING EMAILS INCLUDING A
PICTURE OF A DEAD BODY TO AN
ATTORNEY.
IN A CUSTODY ISSUE CASE
INVOLVING HIS SON ALL THIS
COMING FROM A PASTOR, A MAN WHO
SHOWS UP AT TRAGIC EVENTS AROUND
SOUTH FLORIDA TO PREACH TO
OTHERS?
TO DO THE RIGHT THING?
>> SOMEBODY SAW SOMETHING, SAY
SOMETHING.
>> AND THEY NEED TO BE BROUGHT
TO JUSTICE YOU NEED TO BE AWARE
THIS MAN IS A CHEATER, HE IS OUT
FOR HIMSELF.
>> PASTOR REDDEN HAS CALLED THE
LOCAL 10 NEWSROOM AND MY
PERSONAL CELL PHONE SEVERAL
TIMES IN ONE OF THOSE
CONVERSATIONS HE ACTED AS THOUGH
HE WAS MY BEST FRIEND, SAID WE
SHOULD WORK TOGETHER TO QUOTE
FRY BIGGER FISH.
WE DECLINED THAT OPPORTUNITY,
BUT WE CERTAINLY LIKE TO SIT
DOWN AND INTERVIEW HIM ONE ON
ONE ABOUT HIS BUSINESS
PRACTICES.
THAT INVITATION STILL STAND
THAT FELLOW SAYS HE DID TAKE HIS
CASE TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT,
BUT WAS TOLD BECAUSE HE
WILLFULLY SIGNED PAPERS IT IS A
CIVIL MATTER.
HE HAS YET TO TAKE AN ATTORNEY
TO TAKE HIS CASE.