
Leonardo Blair
Senior Reporter
Leonardo Blair is an award-winning investigative reporter and feature writer whose career spanned secular media in the Caribbean and New York City prior to joining The Christian Post in 2013. His early work with CP focusing on crime and Christian society quickly attracted international attention when he exposed a campaign by Creflo Dollar Ministries in 2015 to raise money from supporters to purchase a $65 million luxury jet. He continues to report extensively on church crimes, spiritual abuse, mental health, the black church and major events impacting Christian culture.
He is a 2007 alumnus of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, where he was an inaugural member of the Toni Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism. He lives with his wife and two sons in New York City.
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Lebron James Will Opt Out of Miami Heat Contract Says Agent; Fans Believe It's a Move to Bring Carmelo Anthony to Miami
NBA superstar and Miami Heat player Lebron James will exercise his early termination option and become an unrestricted free agent on July 1 according to his agent Richie Paul, and some NBA fans thinks it's a move to bring the New York Knicks' Carmelo Anthony to Miami.

Tall Tale: Sources Say Viral Story of Disfigured Girl Being Tossed From KFC is an Epic Hoax That Bilked Public Out of $135K
The heartbreaking story of 3-year-old Victoria Wilcher being tossed from a Jackson, Mississippi, KFC last month because her badly disfigured face — caused by a pit bull attack — was scaring customers, is a tall tale that resulted in the public being bilked out of $135,000 in sympathetic donations, says a local report. Her family, however, maintained late Monday that their story is true.

Christian Singer Mali Music Drops Gospel Niche for Mainstream Audience; Explains Why He Is Still on 'Assignment From God'
Mali Music, an undeniably talented and inspiring Christian singer who ditched the gospel niche to find "freedom" in the mainstream music industry last year through a deal with RCA Records, released his first R&B/soul album with the company last week, but maintains that he is still on "assignment from God" despite critics arguing that he isn't.

Popular Married Christian DJ John Balyo Fired After Arrest at Big Ticket Festival for Child Sex Crimes
Popular Christian DJ John Balyo, 35, of Grand Rapid's Family Christian Radio station WCSG, was fired from his job Friday after he was arrested and charged with having sex with young children.

Hillary Clinton Has a Bad Heart and Obama Doesn't Think She Should Be President, Claims Edward Klein in New Book, 'Blood Feud'
Former Secretary of State and 66-year-old grandmother-to-be Hillary Clinton is suffering from a bad heart and President Barack Obama believes the American people deserve a fresher face than hers in the 2016 presidential election, according to author Edward Klein in his new book, "Blood Feud."

Sister of Married 30-Y-O Felon Jeremy Meeks Claims He Has Been Practicing Christian for 7 Years as Women Fawn Over His Mug Shot
The sister of 30-year-old convicted felon, husband and father Jeremy R. Meeks, made famous by women swooning over his mug shot posted to Facebook Wednesday after he was arrested and charged with weapons possession, claims that he has been a practicing Christian for seven years.

Rape Victim Says Bob Jones University Told Her to Repent of Her Sin After She Reported Rape
Bob Jones University, a Christian liberal arts school in South Carolina, found its record of handling sexual abuse under the spotlight again this week when a former student revealed that she was told by a dean of students at the school to repent of her sin after she told him she had been raped.

Reviewers Bill Hillary Clinton's 656-Page Book 'Hard Choices' a Dud as Publisher Worries About Tepid Sales
Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's new book, "Hard Choices," is being roundly ripped by reviewers across America and the book's publisher, Simon and Schuster, which reportedly paid her a whopping $14 million advance, are worried it could be a "bomb."

'Falling Upon Deaf Ears:' Band Warned As I Lay Dying Frontman Tim Lambesis 'for Years' but He Wouldn't Listen, Says Nick Hipa
Despite claims by Tim Lambesis, former Christian frontman for metalcore band As I Lay Dying, that no one tried to help him before he was convicted of plotting to murder his estranged wife, ex-bandmate Nick Hipa said he and the band had warned him about his untoward behavior "for years" but their warnings fell "upon deaf ears."

Former Members of As I Lay Dying Form New Band of Ex-Christians Called Wovenwar; Set to Release Album August 5
Former members of the Tim Lambesis-led As I Lay Dying metalcore band have emerged from the murder-for-hire scandal of their former frontman with a new band called Wovenwar and they are all declared ex-Christians this time.



















