
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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Father Arrested for Walking to School to Pick Up His Children Instead of Driving a Car (Watch Video)
A Tennessee father protesting what he thinks is an illogical and unsafe rule requiring parents to wait inside their cars in traffic stretching more than a mile onto a busy highway to pick up their kids from the South Cumberland Elementary School was arrested two weeks ago by a local sheriff for breaking that rule when he walked into the school to pick up his children.

Morning After Pill Won't Work for Women Heavier Than 176lbs; Might Not Work for Those Weighing More Than 165lbs
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is now considering whether or not to start requiring local makers of emergency contraceptive pills to add weight warnings to product labels after a French maker of a pill similar to Plan B revealed that the drug doesn't work at all for women heavier that 176lbs, and begins to lose effectiveness for those weighing more than 165lbs.

Texas Police Officer Allegedly Pulled Over, Cuffed Then Raped 19-Y-O Woman and Ordered Her Not to Tell
In a revelation described as "a punch in the eye to the Police Department," a San Antonio, Texas, police officer was arrested early Saturday morning for allegedly raping a 19-year-old woman he had pulled over and placed in handcuffs while on duty.

Jada Pinkett Smith Causes Stir Among Christian Fans With Cryptic Facebook Post Saying 'We Must Belong to Our Truth'
Jada Pinkett Smith, popular actress and wife of celebrated actor Will Smith, has caused a stir among her Christian fans who took umbrage at one of her recent Facebook posts to her 4.3 million fans declaring "we must not belong to the obedient… we must belong to our truth."

Prepare to Be Blessed: The Voice's Matt Schuler Inspires With Moving Rendition of Original Song to God, 'Vices to Victory'
Christian contestant and frontrunner on NBC's The Voice, Matthew Schuler, 20, wasn't joking around when he declared that he is singing for the Lord. A video of an original song he recorded this summer in praise of God's power to turn vices into victory is inspiring thousands of viewers on YouTube and they are giving thanks for his faithfulness.

Father of Four Charged With Brutal Rape, Sodomy of Girlfriend, Claims 'I Have Jesus on My Side'
A Pennsylvania man who allegedly raped and sodomized his girlfriend, ripping out a portion of her insides in the process while under the influence of an illegal party drug known as "Molly," says he isn't worried about criminal charges for his actions because "I have Jesus on my side."

'I feel Like God Has His Hands on Me,' Says Teen B-Ball Star Who Lost Entire Family in Two Separate Plane Crashes
In the first plane crash in 2003, his mother, brother and sister died. He and his father survived. Eight years later in 2011, Austin Hatch, 18, was sitting right next to his pilot father when their plane went down again. This time he was the only survivor.

Brazilian Student, Catarina Migliorni, Who Sold Her Virginity for $780K Last Year Is Selling it Again; Wants $1.5 Million This Time
A Brazilian student who auctioned then sold her virginity online for $780,000 last year is auctioning it again and hopes to get $1.5 million for it this time around.
This Jean Claude Van Damme Split for Volvo Is Perhaps the Most Incredible Car Commercial You'll Ever See; And It's Real (Watch Video)
The stunt is so incredibly perfect that many have doubted its authenticity, but Volvo has declared that its new viral online commercial featuring actor Jean Claude Van Damme doing an epic split between two moving Volvo FM trucks is real.

Teen Jailed 3 Years for Robbery He Didn't Commit, Then Judge Dismisses Case With Not Even an Apology
A young New York City man wrongfully accused of robbery wasted more than three years of his life behind bars on Rikers Island until a judge recently dismissed the charges against him, setting him free without even an apology.


























