An international televangelist says she will comply with a civil lawsuit directives involving a former employee charged with murdering his family.
Joyce Meyer Ministries is ready to provide information about Christopher Coleman's finances other work related data that could help his in-laws in their wrongful death lawsuit against Coleman.
Coleman was the security manager for Meyer's company when he was charged with three counts of first-degree murder. Police say he killed his wife and two young sons. They were found dead May 5 in their home in Columbia, Ill. But Jack Carey, a lawyer for the family of Coleman's slain wife, Sheri, said they will not agree to keep the information secret once it is released.
"We are not going to sign any confidentiality agreement," Carey told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Meyers had asked that any information they give be kept confidential. Joyce Meyers Ministry was named as a respondent in discovery. The family of Coleman's wife has asked the company to reveal information about Coleman's company related life insurance policies, safe deposit boxes, pension, travel records and overheard conversations.
"We have all the information ready to go, we're just working on logistics right now," said Michael King, an Oklahoma attorney representing Meyer's ministries. King said it is standard to ask for confidentiality when dealing with personal and financial information.
Coleman is the only defendant named in the lawsuit which was filed to keep him from profiting from the deaths. Police said Coleman was romantically involved with his wife's friend who lives in Florida, and had told that woman he planned to divorce his wife to marry her.