As of 2023, Danny Shelton's net worth is $100,000 - $1M. Later I was able to establish by my 1999 Schedule book that I worked with Brandy in June of 1999.). Brandy was belligerent, hostile, aggressive, and very discourteous. 3ABN maintains several distinct subchannels, separated by language and format. Walker said he originally met Shelton in 1997 during a two-month visit to Virginia, where Shelton served as a pastor. If I offer you $1,000,000 if you can prove that Brandy was at 3ABN and worked with you prior to Nov. 2004, would that encourage you to gather truth from present and former workers at 3ABN? The following e-mails were sent in December of 2008 and were the beginning discussions that led to my going to Southern Illinois on April 29, 2009 to collect the DNA specimens. We honestly have no idea.. View Danny Shelton's business profile as President at Three Angels Broadcasting Network. In July 2017, 3ABN announced the sale of 60 low-powered television (LPTV) stations and 10 LPTV construction permits to Edge Spectrum. And you could easily do that by taking a paternity test. If rumors like that are circulating, you could put them to rest immediately by having a paternity test done on the man who supposedly is paying her child support and a paternity test on yourself, as well as the child. I am not saying that I know that Danny or Brandy committed fraud. At that time, I mentioned to my friends who were familiar with Danny and Linda and 3ABN that I had worked with Brandy when I was at 3ABN in June of 1999. When a person is a witness to an accident, they testify as to what they saw. Lorraine Day, M.D. But it is publicly known that YOU - PERSONALLY - were calling around looking for housing for Brandy and her two children in August of 2004 - just 2 months after you had divorced your wife and had her fired from 3ABN in June of 2004. Danny rightly identified the Remnant of Bible prophecy as those who keep the Commandments of God and have the faith of Jesus. All siblings of the same two parents obviously get their DNA from the same two parents. A different picture or signature can be superimposed on any document, something that would completely invalidate it. The Reverend Tommy Shelton was a pastor at the Ezra Church, was accused of sexually abusing boys in the 1980's. He then began to work after those allegations for the Three Angels Broadcasting Network. You have committed an egregious and horrible mistake in firing Linda Shelton from her position as Vice President of 3ABN. To make it as convenient as possible for the Sheltons, I traveled from California to Southern Illinois at my own expense, and brought along two DNA testing kits obtained from certified, AABB (American Association of Blood Banks) licensed DNA testing laboratories, with the goal of obeying all the other rules for legal DNA testing results, to make it as official as possible without the travel inconvenience for the Sheltons. She did nothing to deserve being fired, in fact, for almost twenty years she gave everything she had to build that network. There are still major questions left unanswered about this DNA testing episode, in addition to the even bigger question as to WHY a husband - Danny Shelton - who claimed to love his wife, Linda, would falsely accused her of both spiritual adultery (whatever that is) and physical adultery, would destroy her reputation publicly, would have her fired from her job of 18 years, would tell her within about 4 weeks of his first false accusation against her that he wanted her out of his house, would divorce her in a Quickie Guam divorce less than 3 months after his first false accusation against her, and order 3ABN employees to remove Lindas name from every television program, every document, and every other nook and cranny at 3ABN within one month of the time she was fired and divorced by Danny? the Are you willing to do that? Isnt there something wrong with that picture? A satellite uplink dish manufacturer agreed to begin building a nearly $400,000 satellite dish with only $10,000 down payment, and over the next few months, studio and office facilities were built and equipment was purchased and installedwithout incurring any debt! In fact, Walter Thompson has admitted that he has never had any evidence of adultery against Linda Shelton. What was her reward? I quote you. No, they chose to do it secretly, at home. A court date has been set in the near future to remedy that. The document appeared to have been crumpled up and thrown into the trash - and possibly later retrieved straightened out somewhat, and signed. I know it makes for a good story of why I wanted to dump Linda according to you and others but it is not true. The cover story is that Brandy has gone back to Florida to go to beauty school. But she had already been going to beauty school in Southern Illinois. Currently 3ABN programming is carried globally on more than 100 television stations and more than a thousand cable outlets. She is a naturopathic doctor, was a Board-certified practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine, has a Master's degree in Social Work, and has authored several books. But where is the significance of this name for Brandy prior to her association with Danny? 858-348-0040, From: Rockford Press_ Three Angels Broadcasting Network began in the early morning hours of November 15, 1984 when Danny Shelton, a carpenter from Southern Illinois, was kept awake by troubling thoughts. My crew and I were in the parking lot of the Benton, Illinois, Post Office at 10:30 A. M. on Wednesday morning, April 29. Why would she name her child such an unusual name, a name meaning God, a name also meaning 3. There is a 3 in 3ABN of course, and the name Trinity is in Trinity Broadcasting Network, the religious network Danny often watched years ago and from where he may actually have gotten the idea to start a religious network of his own. Three Angels Broadcasting Network began its work in Russia in 1992 when we taped and broadcast a series of evangelistic meetings with Australian evangelist, Pastor John Carter, in the city of Nizhny Novgorod. Program Code: CR001510A. And then they brought him back to Illinois. Danny Shelton and I agreed that we would not post the results until both sets of results were received and both sets of results matched. Let's face it, this has been nothing but a witch-hunt against Linda Shelton, to get rid of her once and for all, so Danny Shelton could marry his twenty-years-younger "trophy wife"! Beans are relatively high in protein and a sick person has difficulty digesting them, plus they often produce gas and bloating that can cause great discomfort and the inability to eat. And innuendo and false accusations are not adequate to classify as proof. Or must Danny punish those who do not believe him without supporting evidence? It doesnt take an Einstein to figure it out. Around September 2007, when Danny Shelton stepped down from being the visible president of 3ABN, some reported that the 3ABN Board had gifted 40 acres of land to Danny. the PDF of Neither you nor Linda probably knew everyone who worked at 3ABN as it grew. Biography Danny Shelton was born in Washington on August 20, 1993. Mene, Mene,Tekel, Parsin I call that a business investment. But assuming the child tested was in fact Trinity Murray, then a number of extremely troubling questions remain, questions that raise huge red flags regarding the integrity of Danny Shelton: It was interesting that even after I had sent him this agreement, I heard that information was appearing on chat sites on the internet that I was supposedly the one holding things up. I have no idea if that child was Trinity Murray. If you do send it, I will do exactly what you ask me to do. Danny is also a composer, singer, and best-selling author. It the child presented for testing really IS Trinity Murray, and Danny Shelton is NOT her father, then why all the secrecy? I never said what you suggested I said, nor did I even imply that. So again, my challenge to you, Chairman Walter Thompson, and all of you other Board Members who have clearly not done your duty, is to show me and everyone else who has donated their hard-earned money to 3ABN, the evidence that Linda committed adultery with anyone while she was married to Danny Shelton. Although it is not formally tied to any particular church or denomination, much of its programming focuses on Seventh-day Adventist theology and Adventist doctrine. From: Lorraine Day I know youre not coming because you know that I am not the father of Trinity. He repeated this litany so many times that I became fatigued with it. She was not given an opportunity to stand on her own so it was impossible to tell how tall she was. Clearly, Brandy must have been pregnant around that time, because she has a child of that approximate age. Today, 3ABNs Russian Evangelism Center includes the largest Seventh-day Adventist Church of Nizhny Novgorod, as well as local Church Conference offices, a Christian secondary school and high school, a literature distribution center, and, of course, 3ABN Russias television and radio studios. I never even knew her then. There is no legitimate reason for them to do so. You are making a big mistake. 00:17 Hello, I'm John Carter. I am on one side only - the side of Truth. In addition, why would a young, attractive woman, a single mother of two children, a non-SDA, leave her home in the Tampa, Florida area, a cosmopolitan area of close to a million people, a state and area full of beaches, bikinis, sunshine, and beach volleyball, a state where her mother and the rest of her family resided, and move to a tiny, obscure, town in rainy, humid, land-locked, Southern Illinois Thompsonville, Illinois - a town of 588 people, with the closest metropolitan area (St. Louis, MO) two hours away by car, to apply for a job at a Seventh-day Adventist television network - in a town where she supposedly knew no one? YOU are the one who started all of this. I found the website that had the forty AABB (American Association of Blood Banks) accredited DNA testing centers and picked one that was quite close to where I live. As of early 2009, 3ABN's main TV channel had 69% original programming; 3ABN Latino had 67% original programming; and 3ABN Russia had 100% original programming.[4]. They lived about 300 miles from me. I cant read his mind to detect the reason, but I had told him repeatedly that demanding that I or anyone else put up $10,000.00 before he would be tested certainly made him look guilty. She wouldn't need to be tested to know that. There are people who DO know that, including one of the people you actually spoke to about lodging for Brandy. Not only 3ABN produced their programming at their World Headquarters in West Frankfort, Illinois, 3ABN also produces and carries their programming in their world branches at Three Angels Russian Evangelism Centre in Nizhny Novgorod in Russia and 3ABN Australia Production Centre in Morisset, New South Wales in Australia. Danny purportedly sold his former home to new president Jim Gilley for $295,000, and began construction on new property nearby. Around September 2007, when Danny Shelton stepped down from being the visible president According to that brand of religiosity, no proof is needed for Danny to be believed. I was taking care of business, working on getting the DNA testing agreement put together and signed. Danny asked me to help his mother learn to follow Gods Health Plan in order to get well, as I had, something that Goldie eventually and unfortunately decided not to do. "It's against our faith to lie," said Bob Pickle, one of the defendants in that lawsuit. 5. that according to their records, 3ABN was still the owner, not Danny. Your IP: 13 months, plus $660 for 3 months, a total of $27,980. After all, Brandy was not a Seventh-day Adventist at the time, so why wouldnt these other ministries be fine? Whoa! With a degree in music education and extensive personal experience in the arena of Christian music, she has a passion for producing, editing, and mixing music for multiple 3ABN channels. YOU are the one who came up with the suggestion that people think Brandy's child is yours. (All the documents included in this posting are in the public domain.). As Danny moved forward in faith, the doors continued to open. Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 2:57 PM For you to develop such a close relationship with another woman in just two months after you had divorced your wife in a Quickie Guam divorce - so close that YOU (not your secretary or someone else at 3 ABN - but YOU, personally) were calling around to find housing for Brandy and her daughters seems rather hard to believe. I had to tell the laboratories that the ones being tested refused to provide the information. website of the Clerk of the Circuit Court in Hillsborough County, the Why do you care so much that I worked with Brandy when I was there? On Dec 22, 2008, at 6:08 PM, Danny Shelton wrote: Lorraine I'll make this one a little shorter than the last. No one thinks you are an idiot. This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. Within a week or so, she died.). One wonders, why a mother would name her child, God? No one has a biblical right to accuse me of something without proof. As I have stated below, I worked with Brandy at 3ABN in June of 1999 when I was there doing some television spots for 3ABN. But she continued to refer to it as ugly juice. We are not owned or operated by any person or outside organization, and neither are we funded by any church or denomination, although many of our employees and volunteers are members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. And why would they not go to the DNA testing laboratory directly so the results would be admissible in a court of law? So THAT is not a false accusation. I did not know what the issues were on either side nor did I favor one over the other. I have always considered both Danny and Linda as my friends. Don't you think she and the Dr. would have jumped all over that if it were true to try to expose me a long time ago. She told me that he would negotiate a settlement for her but he wanted 15% commission. All I know is that I worked with Brandy when I was at 3ABN LONG BEFORE 2004. Lorraine Day, M.D. Yet, according to public records, Brandy Shelton IS an adulteress and has also had a child out of wedlock. And he is the one who offered to be DNA tested but only if I would put up $10,000.00. In his rookie year with Cleveland, he played alongside Desmond Bryant, who led the team with six sacks. They would want to make sure that Brandys DNA was close enough to this childs DNA for Brandy to pass as the mother of this child? [2] In October 2017, 3ABN announced the sale of 14 LPTV stations to HC2 Holdings.[3]. There are also two witnesses who have knowledge of Danny Shelton looking for housing for Brandy, and purchasing a washer and dryer for Brandy, many months before November of 2004, the month Danny says he first met Brandy as an adult. Tommy, if convicted, could receive a life sentence. Here is the e-mail in which Danny offers to get DNA tested for paternity of Trinity, but ONLY if I put up $10,000. And if you cannot show me that evidence, you will have to admit that you, indeed, have made an conspicuously horrible error in firing Linda Shelton. I have been accused by Danny of being on Linda's side. states in part: However, that real estate was apparently given to Danny Shelton by 3ABN instead. Thousand Palms, CA 92276, An Open Letter to the Chairman, Walter Thompson, Daniel Saileupumoni Shelton (born August 20, 1993) [3] is an American football defensive tackle for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). Because even they when they have made big statements.then investigated farther. suddenly became silent and didn't press the issue any more. he was the owner of the property, but (Mollie Steenson and her husband), Evangelical Christians whose tendency can be to adore their leader, some have said, in almost a cultic way. $155,688 in income in 2009. Instead Danny handed me Xeroxed copies of the documents (a picture of one page of the passports for Danny and Brandy and Trinity, and Drivers licenses for Danny and Brandy). Wouldnt that be considered blasphemy to name a human being - God? He said it was when a wife had given her heart to another man. On March 1, 2010, Brandy Shelton filed for divorce from Danny Lee Shelton. I was not allowed to take her picture, or take her fingerprints, or to examine her identification documents directly. You have to admit, it does look suspicious. And she certainly is not an adulteress. She even rudely accused me of having Alzheimers. Does Danny do nothing unless he can make money at it? In 2008, Walker went to law enforcement in Virginia, where there is no statute of limitations on sexual abuse allegations. 63-20 p. 5 at 16(c), p. 9 at Request #1). Thousand Palms, CA 92276. Unless of course, Brandy chose to name her daughter after a lead character (named Trinity) in the violent, anti-God, science fiction movie called Matrix which debuted in theaters in America in March of 1999, just one year before Trinity was born. But now that I was to be there in his territory, I pointed out that he could bring the tape and play it for me without having the tape leave his possession. This was all properly videotaped. (L.D. Burden of proof on Lorraine. The divorce occurred on 10/07/99. 3ABN's Tommy Shelton, the brother of the network's founder Danny Shelton, were named in the complaint filed by plaintiff Alex Walker, of Mattoon. In addition, I had no idea in, at first, that Brandy had any children. Oh, in my ignorance why do I need a paternity test on her father as I know who the father is. And obviously both Danny and Brandy would know whether Danny is the father of Trinity. Danny His friend told him that someone had recently offered to buy his equipment, but he had been strongly impressed to keep it until God directed him otherwise. p. 3 at Table 1). Save 3ABN has obtained That was when he made the demand for $10,000.00 in order to be tested! Anchors of Truth Replay In this world of uncertainty, we need solid anchor points that will weather any storm. If so, why hasn't it already been done? If you are really so sure of yourself that you think there is no room for error in your belief that you worked with Brandy then I am through communicating with you because obviously you believe that you already have all the truth. Obviously Brandy would know that she is the mother of Trinity. At Lindas request, I even agreed to go to Southern Illinois and sit down with both of them to try to help them work out a settlement. I challenge any Board Member to show me any evidence that Linda committed adultery. She does want to know about my business after the divorce. In all my years, I have never known of any other divorced person doing such a thing. After all, He not I was the one who brought up that possibility (the rumor that he was the father of Trinity). Schedule J of that filing, on page 33 Yes, they were mailed out yesterday. In 2000 3ABN expanded to provide worldwide satellite coverage for its television and radio networks. I asked him how this woman had demonstrated that she had given her heart to another man. Danny was quite vague with his answer. Land valued at $96,000 was deeded to Danny Shelton (former president and current trustee/consultant) If Brandy had an over-whelming desire to be associated with a Christian organization, the east-coast headquarters for numerous Christian ministries, including one of the worlds largest and most respected Campus Crusade for Christ - is Orlando, Florida, a short drive up the road of about an hour and a half from where she was living in Tampa. Then she said, Well then, I want some Bean Juice. Again, I asked what she meant by Bean Juice. She explained that it is the juice from the cooking of beans, something she liked to drink it. Obviously, there is a cover-up going on. If indeed Brandy signed the original DNA testing agreement on April 1 an entire month before the testing took place as the document shows, why was she angry now? Why would you assume that I meant something else? Added 11/16/2010 As to the other charges about this woman, I later learned from Linda in 2008 that, according to her, she had not given her heart to any other man while she was married to Danny and she did love Danny, and very much wanted to remain married to him at that time. That To: Danny Shelton So, to summarize: I do not know the identity of the child who was tested. The fact that Danny NOT Linda is the adulterer has been the Gorilla in the room that everyone knows is there, but everyone is pretending is not there. Posted May 30, 2009 Why was I not allowed to fingerprint Trinity to confirm her identity, something that is always required by the DNA testing laboratories when they are taking the specimens? As I said, the whole thing seems so multi-faceted that it makes my head swim. No one could be seen sitting in the back seat of the truck. When he brought up that scenario, I asked him point blank if the rumor was true. So, it's my life that is at stake. 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