by Joe Harris
June 23, 2021
https://www.courthousenews.com/televang ... ovid-cure/
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GALENA, Mo. (Courthouse News) — Televangelist Jim Bakker and his Morningside Church will pay $156,000 in restitution to Missouri customers who bought the preacher’s Silver Solution product after he claimed it was a cure for Covid-19 on his national TV show.
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced the settlement Wednesday morning, which prevents Bakker from selling or advertising Silver Solution as a way to diagnose, prevent, mitigate, treat or cure any disease or illness.
“Today I’m pleased to announce that the Missouri Attorney General’s Office has obtained a consent judgment against Jim Bakker and Morningside Church Productions that results in $156,000 in restitution and strong safeguards to prevent the marketing of ‘Silver Solution’ as a cure or treatment for Covid and other medical issues,” Schmitt said in a statement. “My office will continue to work tirelessly on behalf of Missouri consumers, and will not hesitate to take action when those consumers are being defrauded.”
Stone County Circuit Court Judge Alan Blankenship officially signed off on the consent judgment Tuesday afternoon.
Bakker’s attorney, Derek Ankrom of Spencer Fane in Springfield, Missouri, said in a statement Wednesday that the pastor and his church “are pleased to have concluded this matter amicably so that they can continue the important work of Morningside Church.”