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Pastor Joel Osteen's Wife Cleared of Assault Charge
Thursday August 14, 2008

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oel Osteen, Minister of the Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas, poses with his wife Victoria after lunching at Nello's Restaurant on Madison Avenue on March 29, 2006 in New York City.
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Pastor Joel Osteen's wife Victoria was found not guilty of assaulting a flight attendant by a civil jury in Texas Thursday.

Victoria was accused by Continental Airlines flight attendant Sharon Brown of starting a scuffle after finding a stain on her first-class seat.

Brown claimed Victoria pushed her against a bathroom door and elbowed her left breast after getting angry about a stain on her seat on a 2005 flight from Houston, Texas to Vail, Colorado.

Victoria, Joel and other first-class passengers testified that the incident did not occur.

Brown was seeking an apology and 10 percent of Victoria's net worth plus the cost of her counseling. She claimed her faith was affected and that she suffers from anxiety and hemorrhoids because of the incident.

Victoria was fined $3,000 by the FAA for the incident, which delayed the flight over 2 hours.

Joel is a best-selling author whose sermons to an audience of 42,000 people of the Lakewood Church in Houston are broadcast internationally.

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