Raleigh Trammell, Dayton Minister, Ringleader of Sick Sex Circus

Not someone you want to hang out with.
  • Not someone you want to hang out with.

Morning all. After a refreshing long weekend, here’s a gross dispatch from the underbelly of American society to get your week off right! Seriously though, we put up a lot of stories here on the decadent and depraved, but this next one really seems like a signpost on the short road to the apocalypse. So read on if you dare . . .

Google a bit and you’ll see that plenty of news-ink and pixels have been devoted to Raleigh Trammell, a former bigwig at the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. He's currently at the center of an FBI probe, but the latest allegations aimed his way are some next-level trouble, reading like a manuscript for a porn movie penned by a frat house. According to a fat 30-page lawsuit filed by Damisha Douglas against Trammell, the minister has been leading a far from holy life — allegedly sexually assaulting underage girls, paying for sex, and running ongoing sexscapades from his pulpit perch.

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