Spencer Legrande

The Bishop Eddie Long scandal (photos below) grew Friday as Spencer LeGrande was added as the fourth plaintiff with new allegations about sleeping pills (Ambien). The Bishop Eddie Long’s scandal had begun this week with two plaintiffs, Maurice Robinson and Anthony Flagg; by midweek, Jamal Parris was making similar allegations; and today, Spencer LeGrande comes forward with claims that read distinctly similar to those made by the previous three plaintiffs.

Spencer LeGrande is now 22, but at the time Eddie Long began alleged interest in LeGrande, Spencer was only 17. Previously another plaintiff claimed interaction starting at age 15. But while Spencer LeGrande’s allegations carry a unique similarity to those of Parris, Flagg, and Robinson, there is one stark difference: allegations of sleeping pills.

Bishop Eddie Long gave Spencer LeGrande Ambien, a sleeping pill, on a trip in Kenya before he made unwarranted advances on LeGrande, claims the new lawsuit. LeGrande met Long through New Birth Charlotte in March, 2003. At age 15, Bishop Long made LeGrande his Armor Bearer at New Birth Charlotte.

The news comes as plaintiff’s counsel released the above scandal pictures this week of Long photographing himself, on a cellphone in his spandex bike shorts, for young men.

Why was LeGrande allegedly hand selected by Long? Eddie Long is accused of inserting himself into the lives of male teens who lacked fathers; once inserted, Long is accused of abusing that trust and trying to get the men into bed and often succeeding. When the men found girlfriends, Long allegedly told the males to dump them for himself. “Plaintiff LeGrande’s father had not been an active part of Plaintiff LeGrande’s life since Plaintiff LeGrande was an infant.”