The embattled Brooklyn bishop who was allegedly robbed of $1 million in jewels during a live-streamed service has filed a $50 million lawsuit against a New York radio personality who labeled him a “drug dealer” on air.
Tarsha Nicole Jones, the morning host at classic hip-hop station “94.7 The Block” WXBK, also claimed Lamor Miller-Whitehead was “using the church to hide that old drug money,” and said “[his] church is where he’s probably still doing his dirty work,” according to the Manhattan Supreme Court filing.
Miller-Whitehead, 44, a pal of Mayor Adams and who previously did five years in prison for identity fraud and grand larceny, has been accused of being a slumlord in Connecticut; stiffing a campaign worker of $56,000 during a failed run for Brooklyn borough president; and was briefly cuffed by cops after clashing with a woman at a Sunday service in September.
The Gucci-loving pastor has also filed lawsuits against two YouTubers who accused him of being a “scammer” after the jewelry robbery, for which two people were later arrested.
Jones’ Sept. 13 comments are false, Miller-Whitehead said in court papers, which also named WXBK and Paramount. A Paramount spokesman said the company had been “erroneously” named in the suit.
“We are aware of the lawsuit and are investigating. We have no further comment at this time,” and Audacy spokesman said.
“Bishop Whitehead is forced to file these lawsuits because he has been maliciously defamed by persons like Miss Jones and he will continue to file lawsuits against any person who defames him, especially against those persons alleging that he is engaged in criminal conduct, which he is not,” his lawyer, Brian Ponder, told The Post.
Miller-Whitehead was famously robbed of $1 million in jewels during a livestream. Gregory P. MangoA woman who answered a phone listing for Jones said only, “She has no comment.”







