Overview
- Giuseppe Corletto filed a civil lawsuit on Jan. 2 in New York County Supreme Court alleging repeated sexual assaults by the Grammy-winning pastor.
- The complaint claims assaults and rapes occurred from 2007 to 2015 in multiple locations, including California, Atlantic City, Manhattan, Long Island, Florida, Boston, and Niagara Falls.
- An exhibit in the suit features a 2013 email allegedly from McClurkin apologizing as a “desperate dirty ‘old man’,” acknowledging groping and stating, “I forced myself on you.”
- Corletto says he sought mentorship after reading McClurkin’s book about overcoming homosexuality, worked as his assistant, and was coerced to stay through promises of “deliverance” during “pray the gay away” sessions.
- McClurkin’s attorney, Greg Lisi, calls the allegations categorically false and says the claims mischaracterize interactions, while Corletto seeks unspecified monetary damages.