Thursday, August 07, 2008
Victoria Osteen in court

Victoria Osteen, who co-pastors a Houston megachurch with her husband Joel Osteen, is in court this week, fighting a suit that charges her with assaulting a flight attendant.

The Associated Press reported that another flight attendant on the Continental Airlines flight in 2005 said Victoria Osteen ``was demanding that attention be given to her immediately'' after a small spill on her plane seat.

Rusty Hardin, Osteen's lawyer, said in his opening statements: "This is nothing more than an attempted extortion."

Reginald McKamie, the lawyer for plaintiff Sharon Brown, told jurors: "Sharon was attacked by someone in the community who supposedly represents a higher degree of human decency.''

Both Joel Osteen, who accompanied his wife to court, and his wife are expected to testify.

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