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SunSeeker

(51,550 posts)
Wed Aug 26, 2020, 03:42 AM Aug 2020

It's not just the pool boy. Falwell Jr. also was sugar daddy to a former LU student. [View all]

From an August 27. 2019 Reuters article about Falwell using Liberty U assets on his "personal trainer":

Exclusive: Falwell steered Liberty University land deal benefiting his personal trainer

LYNCHBURG, Va. (Reuters) - Evangelical leader and prominent Donald Trump backer Jerry Falwell Jr personally approved real estate transactions by his nonprofit Christian university that helped his personal fitness trainer obtain valuable university property, according to real estate records, internal university emails and interviews.

Around 2011, Falwell, president of Liberty University in Virginia, and his wife, Rebecca, began personal fitness training sessions with Benjamin Crosswhite, then a 23-year-old recent Liberty graduate. Now, after a series of university real estate transactions signed by Falwell, Crosswhite owns a sprawling 18-acre racquet sports and fitness facility on former Liberty property. Last year, a local bank approved a line of credit allowing Crosswhite’s business to borrow as much as $2 million against the property.

In 2016, Falwell signed a real estate deal transferring the sports facility, complete with tennis courts and a fitness center owned by Liberty, to Crosswhite. Under the terms, Crosswhite wasn’t required to put any of his own money down toward the purchase price, a confidential sales contract obtained by Reuters shows.

Liberty committed nearly $650,000 up front to lease back tennis courts from Crosswhite at the site for nine years. The school also offered Crosswhite financing, at a low 3% interest rate, to cover the rest of the $1.2 million transaction, the contract shows.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-falwell-trainer-exclusive/exclusive-falwell-steered-liberty-university-land-deal-benefiting-his-personal-trainer-idUSKCN1VH283

A picture of Crosswhite from his Instagram account:



I wonder what Falwell Sr.'s granddaughter, who spoke at the RNC tonight, thinks about this arrangement...

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It all makes you wonder about the fact that Falwell recently teamed up with Tanuki Aug 2020 #1
Falwell used LU like Shitler used the Trump Foundation: a personal piggy bank. SunSeeker Aug 2020 #3
will the chef be serving tube steak with buns? nt msongs Aug 2020 #2
Ya gotta ring the bell first! SunSeeker Aug 2020 #4
Gosh that whole deal doesn't sound shady at ALL ... so, we'll loan you the money to buy it from us mr_lebowski Aug 2020 #5
Wonder what made him worth all that money, since it's obvious he was a shitty personal trainer... SunSeeker Aug 2020 #6
Well ... that assessment might depend somewhat on which metrics you're choosing to focus on ... mr_lebowski Aug 2020 #7
True, he apparently scored highly under the metrics Falwell used. SunSeeker Aug 2020 #8
Does that guy shave his arms? cwydro Aug 2020 #9
LOL. Well, bodybuilders do shave their bodies. It accentuates the mucles. SunSeeker Aug 2020 #12
Yeah, I know about that, but I think of bodybuilders as a bit more shredded. cwydro Aug 2020 #16
From what I've gathered, that's a body builder thing ... mr_lebowski Aug 2020 #13
Yeah, I somehow caught the virus at the beginning of August. cwydro Aug 2020 #18
Scary! Glad to hear you're okay, and welcome back ... mr_lebowski Aug 2020 #19
No, I'm really not an OP type person. cwydro Aug 2020 #22
This message was self-deleted by its author SunSeeker Aug 2020 #10
This further proves Falwell is a fu_king idiot, like news of such a... brush Aug 2020 #11
I assume his board had to approve those transactions Buckeyeblue Aug 2020 #14
Cap.... is that you? Baked Potato Aug 2020 #15
Huh? SunSeeker Aug 2020 #20
Captain America Baked Potato Aug 2020 #21
He doesn't look like Captain American to me. SunSeeker Aug 2020 #23
I don't really want to know what Crosswhite had to do for the loot. Vinca Aug 2020 #17
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