
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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Texas DA Seeking Jail Time for 'Affluenza' Teen Ethan Couch on Assault Charges; Psychologist, Co-Author Who Made Affluenza Popular Calls Defense Nonsense
A Texas district attorney is now seeking to put rich 16-year-old drunk driver, Ethan Couch, behind bars for two cases of "intoxication assault" stemming from the deadly accident in June, where he caused the deaths of four people, but was only sentenced to probation in a controversial ruling by Judge Jean Boyd last Tuesday.

Nearly 2 Dozen Students Arrested on Drug Charges After California Cops Went Back to High School as Undercover 11th Graders
The Riverside County Sheriff's Department arrested nearly two dozen students after seizing an array of illegal drugs such as crack, crack cocaine, marijuana and methamphetamine in an undercover operation at two California high schools last Thursday.

'I Don't Need the Money,' Says Man After Winning $40 Million Lottery; Pledges to Give Every Cent to Charity
A Canadian man who won $40 million in his city's biggest jackpot ever says he is giving it all away to charity because he doesn't need the money.

9-Y-O Boy Allegedly Sexually Tortured, Sodomized by Own Father and Domestic Partner Who Exposed Him to STD
A 9-year-old boy from Huntsville, Ala., was allegedly kept out of school for eight months by his own father and domestic partner who sexually tortured, sodomized and exposed him to an STD in a stomach-churning saga of abuse during which there were "no standards, taboos or lines" the men hesitated to cross with the child, say police.

'Affluenza' Teen Ethan Couch's Wild Millionaire Parents Accused of Laundry List of Crimes and Traffic Violations
Looks like the "affluenza" afflicted 16-year-old Ethan Couch, who was recently sentenced to probation for killing four people and injuring nine others in a drunken crash in June, was simply living what he learned from his millionaire parents, Frederick Couch and his ex-wife, Tonya.

'Affluenza' 'Victim' Ethan Couch Lived Unsupervised in Own Mansion Before Killing 4 in Drunken Crash; 911 Tapes Reveal Chaos in Aftermath
Sixteen-year-old drunk driver Ethan Couch, whose reckless driving caused the deaths of four people including a youth pastor in June, reportedly lived unsupervised in his own mansion before the deadly crash.

Guests Reportedly Offered Blood in Ritual at Mandela Funeral; Icon Hailed as 'Fountain of Wisdom, Pillar of Strength'
South Africa's first black president, Nelson Mandela, was laid to rest on Sunday in an eclectic collision of old and new world pomp which left his people in tears as elders from his Xhosa tribe reportedly offered blood from a slaughtered ox to guests in a traditional ritual.

18-Y-O Brutally Batters and Rapes 85-Y-O Nun in Church Parking Lot Under Statue of Virgin Mary; Leaves Her Speechless
A retired 85-year-old nun who is a well-known "advocate of peace" was left speechless after an 18-year-old youth battered and raped her in a church parking lot in broad daylight under a statue of the Virgin Mary in Aliquippa, Pa., last Friday.

Megyn Kelly Says She Was Just Joking About White Santa But the Jury Is Still Out on White Jesus
Two days after she triggered a firestorm of criticism nationwide with a proclamation that both Jesus and Santa were white, Fox News' Megyn Kelly said she was just joking on a segment of her show Friday night.

Watch South African Gospel Choir Wow Audience in Chain Store With Powerful Rendition of Johnny Clegg's 'Asimbonanga' in Tribute to Mandela
In a fitting tribute to the love former South African President Nelson Mandela had for song and dance, Woolworth's South Africa recently collaborated with the Soweto Gospel Choir to create a moving rendition of Johnny Clegg's 'Asimbonanga' in one of their stores and some viewers of the performance online have been confessing it left them in tears.


























