In her statement, Joni Lamb said her son rejected her offer of “formal mediation,” giving her “no choice except to speak out.” The Daystar president added she is focusing on sharing Jesus’ love and fighting a “spiritual enemy who seeks to destroy and divide.”
Jonathan and Suzy Lamb: We Won’t Be Silenced
According to Jonathan and Suzy Lamb, around summer 2021, a family member sexually abused their daughter, then 5 years old. The couple recently spoke to investigative journalist Julie Roys, detailing how Marcus and Joni Lamb allegedly tried to cover up the situation.
Jonathan and Suzy said Jonathan’s parents protected the unnamed family member (who has not been charged with a crime). Joni Lamb, they allege, spoke privately with her granddaughter and then ordered the couple to “drop everything.” At one point, Joni even blamed the girl for being naked while changing her clothes, Jonathan and Suzy alleged.
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Although Jonathan and Suzy made a police report, the couple said their daughter was too traumatized to talk, so the case was closed.
Jonathan and Suzy said Joni once told the family that while praying, she heard God say the family member was innocent of sexual abuse. Jonathan’s parents also gave the impression that a forensic counselor had cleared the family member, the couple says. When Jonathan and Suzy discovered that wasn’t true, police again became involved and reopened the investigation.
In a statement to Roys, Joni Lamb said an internal investigation found “no wrongdoing” or corroborating evidence against the accused family member and “the matter was resolved more than three years ago.” The accused party’s lawyer said his client denies any wrongdoing and volunteered to take a lie detector test. Doug Weiss, Joni Lamb’s second husband, owns a polygraph company in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Jonathan Lamb said if he had signed an NDA and agreed to refrain from posting about Daystar on social media, he would “basically be in a gag order forever.” On Nov. 15, the deadline for Jonathan to comply with his PIP, Roys contacted Daystar about Jonathan’s allegations of his mother covering up sexual abuse. The next day, Jonathan received a termination letter from Daystar.
On Nov. 20, Jonathan and Suzy Lamb posted a video from an “undisclosed location,” saying they felt unsafe at their house. In the clip, the couple said they’ve been followed and threatened, which left them with “no other option but to go to a journalist” and bring events to light.
