Suzy and Jonathan Lamb and their two children (Credit: Jonathan Lamb Instagram)
It was announced that Jonathan Lamb, the son of Daystar Television Network founders Marcus and Joni Lamb, had been fired from the global Christian network giant. According to Daystar, Lamb was terminated as head of the network’s cafe, facilities, and distribution department for failing to meet his performance improvement plan.
Once the heir apparent to the media empire, Jonathan Lamb was removed from his position as vice president and board member last year after refusing to sign a non-disclosure agreement (NDA), resulting in a demotion to his current position. Now terminated from the company headed by his mother, he says the dismissal was retaliatory for talking to reporters about the toxic environment and cover-up culture within the organization.
Jonathan and his wife Suzy made public allegations to The Roys Report that Joni Lamb and Daystar tried covering up their daughter’s sexual abuse at the hands of a male relative. They say not only did Joni encourage them not to go to the police, but she even defended the perpetrator and made justifications of why he couldn’t possibly have done it, even going so far as to suggest that she prayed to God and that God told her the alleged molester was innocent.
Furthermore, Suzy has alleged that she was sexually assaulted in 2017 by a chiropractor who worked for the family in the Network’s green room. After telling Marcus and Joni, Marcus paid off the chiropractor, and Joni reportedly told her not to tell anyone about it because they needed to protect the company’s reputation.
Daystar has forcefully denied the allegations, declaring that the two are engaged in a “smear campaign against them.
(A brief side note: Jonathan has also objected to the marriage between his Mom, Joni, and her new husband, sex therapist Doug Weiss, who hosts a show on the network. In an eye-brow-raising timeline, his late father (Marcus Lamb) died on November 30, 2021, Weiss divorced his wife two months later, and Joni and Weiss got engaged six months after that. Trinity Foundation has reported that Joni regularly took the ministry’s private jet on personal trips to visit him in Colorado Springs, totaling $769,220 in expenses.)
For nearly 30 years, Daystar Television Network was founded and run by Marcus Lamb, a man who cheated on his wife and repeatedly taught that God would heal the sickness and diseases of anyone who gave to the network. They now have 100 stations across the United States, run by 300 staff, bringing in over $100M annually.
Daystar holds the dubious distinction, in our opinion, of being the second most evil and wicked TV station that the devil has ever concocted, after the Trinity Broadcast Network, which currently holds the top spot.Since its founding, Daystar has platformed many of the who’s who of prosperity heretics and false teachers, including Joyce Meyer, Sid Roth, Joel Osteen, Joseph Prince, Jentezen Franklin, TD Jakes, Andrew Womack, Kenneth Copeland, Creflo Dollar, Jim Bakker, and Paula White.
Marcus Lamb pulled a classic ‘confess before the tabloids do’ move in 2010, turning his steamy affair into a live TV redemption arc faster than you can say ‘Hallelujah!’
Together: Joni and Marcus Lamb share the truth about his affair with viewers on the Daystar TV program Celebration.
In November 2010, Marcus Lamb, co-founder and CEO of Daystar Television Network, publicly admitted on air to an extramarital affair that had occurred years earlier, preempting a potential scandal with a bold, proactive revelation. During a live broadcast on “Celebration,” with his wife Joni by his side and supported by spiritual counselors Fred and Anna Kendall, Marcus disclosed that the affair, described by Joni as an “emotional relationship” that became “improper,” had ended well before 2010. The Lambs revealed this not out of choice but as a strategic move to thwart an alleged $7.5 million extortion attempt by three former employees who threatened to expose the infidelity unless paid off. By going public first, Marcus and Joni framed the disclosure as an act of transparency and faith, refusing to “take God’s money to keep from being humiliated,” as Marcus stated, effectively beating everyone to the punch and seizing control of the narrative.
This preemptive strike allowed Daystar to mitigate the scandal’s impact, presenting the affair as a past sin overcome through Christian counseling, marital healing, and divine grace, rather than a current crisis threatening the ministry’s integrity. The Lambs’ decision to involve authorities and their denomination, the Church of God in Cleveland, Tennessee, along with notifying about 30 Christian leaders, bolstered their claim of accountability, while the lack of criminal charges and eventual dismissal of related civil suits by December 2011 further insulated the network. Daystar moved on relatively untouched, leveraging its Pentecostal roots and prosperity gospel messaging to rally supporters, who described the affair and extortion plot as a “direct attack from the devil.” The establishment narrative often praises this as a model of redemption, but critics on the web and social platforms question whether the swift resolution masked deeper issues of transparency, given the ministry’s history of financial controversies and Marcus’s later anti-vaccine stance, suggesting the affair’s fallout was minimized more by strategic PR than genuine reform.
Fred Clark’s Patheos blog from 2021 dissects Marcus Lamb’s demise, showing how Daystar’s prosperity gospel king met his maker in 2021, felled by the very virus he mocked.
Daystar Television Network CEO Marcus Lamb dies at 64 after contracting Covid-19.
Marcus Lamb’s death from COVID last week has caused me to revise my impression of the man. It seemed to be the first authentic thing he’d ever done.
Marcus Lamb’s death from COVID last week has caused me to revise my impression of the man. It seemed to be the first authentic thing he’d ever done.
Lamb was a televangelist and a “prosperity gospel” preacher. The prosperity gospel is not a ministry, it’s a grift. Some think of it as a branch of Christian religion that includes more than its share of predatory Gantry-esque hucksters, but that’s not quite right. The truth is that it’s an arena of predatory Gantry-ism that sometimes, but very rarely, also includes some tiny outposts of religious sincerity. Mostly it’s just a scam.
Lamb launched his network in Dallas in 1997. His affair began in 2002, with a woman who worked in Daystar’s HR department before Lamb created a highly paid no-show “consulting” position for her that set her up with her own place. That blew up in 2010, when other Daystar employees who’d been tasked with cooking the books to help cover up the affair threatened a lawsuit, at which point Marcus went on TV, dragging his wife with him. He confessed to a misleadingly minor version of the affair, and claimed he was the victim of an extortion plot.
Lamb even put his marriage therapist on TV, a “Christian counselor”* who described the affair as the result of “a direct attack from the devil” and told viewers that he had urged the Lambs to keep the whole business secret because “he feared they would not overcome their troubles if they had to do so in public.”
Investigative Update: Unraveling the Alleged Abuse Cover-Up, Spiritual Abuse, and Financial Misconduct at Daystar Television Network
The Daystar Television Network, founded in 1997 by Marcus and Joni Lamb, stands at the center of a sprawling controversy involving allegations of abuse cover-ups, spiritual abuse, and financial misconduct. This update, drawing on reports from The Roys Report and other sources, critically examines the claims surrounding Joni Lamb, the network’s president since Marcus Lamb’s death in November 2021, and the broader implications for the Christian broadcasting empire. We’ll explore the allegations of sexual abuse (SA) involving Jonathan and Suzy Lamb’s daughter, the exodus of high-profile celebrities from Daystar, Joni Lamb’s marriage to sex therapist Doug Weiss, and the network’s financial practices, separating fact from hyperbole and scrutinizing the establishment narrative.
Alleged Sexual Abuse Cover-Up: Jonathan and Suzy Lamb’s Claims
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The heart of the scandal, as detailed in The Roys Report, centers on allegations by Jonathan Lamb, Joni, and Marcus’s son, and his wife, Suzy, that their young daughter was sexually abused by a male family member and Daystar employee, identified only as “Pete,” between 2020 and 2021. According to their account, the abuse was first suspected in 2020, with Suzy noticing behavioral changes in their daughter, and confirmed in August 2021 when Jonathan found Pete alone in a room with their naked daughter, along with an infant and their son on a bunk nearby. The couple claims they reported this to Marcus and Joni Lamb, but instead of involving authorities, the elder Lambs allegedly defended Pete, declaring him innocent without a thorough investigation and prioritizing Daystar’s public image.
Jonathan and Suzy allege Joni urged them not to report the abuse to the police, though they eventually did so, filing a report with the Colleyville, Texas, police in 2021. The case was initially closed due to the child’s reluctance to discuss it but was reopened in 2024 after a counselor reported the allegations to Texas authorities, prompting a pending investigation by the Colleyville Police Department. Daystar, however, insists a 2021 internal investigation cleared Pete of wrongdoing, a claim Jonathan and Suzy dispute, asserting the investigation was superficial and biased. Joni has vehemently denied any cover-up, stating in a December 2024 video, “I never covered up anything. I wouldn’t cover up anything. Marcus didn’t cover up anything,” dismissing the allegations as a “narrative written by some low-level blogger” (referring to Julie Roys).
The establishment narrative, as presented in mainstream Christian media, often defends Daystar, emphasizing Joni’s denials and the network’s statement that the matter was “settled” years ago. However, posts found on X and reports from The Roys Report suggest widespread skepticism, with some accusing Daystar of prioritizing its reputation over justice. Critics argue the internal investigation’s opacity and Joni’s alleged pressure on Jonathan and Suzy to remain silent raise red flags, while supporters maintain the Lambs are victims of a family feud or smear campaign. Without charges filed against Pete as of 2025, the truth remains elusive, but the allegations have deeply shaken Daystar’s credibility.
Spiritual Abuse Allegations: Joni Lamb and Jimmy Evans
Jonathan and Suzy also accuse Joni Lamb and her close ally, Jimmy Evans, of spiritual abuse, a claim detailed in The Roys Report and amplified on X. They allege that after they opposed Joni’s marriage to Doug Weiss in 2023—citing biblical grounds due to Weiss’s divorce from his wife of nearly 30 years two months after Marcus’s death—Joni and Evans exerted manipulative control over them. In a recorded meeting from 2023, published by The Roys Report, Evans reportedly told Jonathan, “What she [Joni] says is God in Daystar. This is the voice of God in Daystar,” equating Joni’s directives with divine authority. Joni allegedly warned Jonathan and Suzy of “demonic activity” and a “curse” on their family for opposing her, framing their resistance as rebellion.
This alleged spiritual abuse, coupled with Joni’s reported gaslighting and intimidation, has fueled outrage on X, where users describe Daystar’s leadership as authoritarian and spiritually manipulative. The establishment narrative often downplays these claims, attributing them to family disputes over succession—Joni has suggested Jonathan’s actions stem from disappointment over not being named Daystar’s president after Marcus’s death. However, The Roys Report’s recordings and Jonathan’s demotion from vice president to manager in 2024 (after refusing a nondisclosure agreement) suggest a pattern of control, raising questions about Daystar’s internal culture and Joni’s leadership style.
Financial Misconduct: Allegations of Misspent Funds
Financial misconduct allegations, also reported by The Roys Report, add another layer to the scandal. Jonathan and Suzy claim Joni engaged in questionable financial practices, including charging approximately $100,000 to her Daystar credit card for her 2023 honeymoon with Doug Weiss in Los Cabos, Mexico. Expense reports obtained by The Roys Report allegedly show additional charges, such as $800,000 for gas to travel to Colorado, raising concerns about the use of ministry funds for personal expenses. Joni has denied using Daystar funds for the honeymoon, but the lack of transparency and Daystar’s refusal to respond to inquiries fuel suspicion.
Posts on X and Christian media outlets criticize Daystar’s financial accountability, especially given its $100 million annual revenue and 300 employees. Some speculate the departure of high-profile programmers—like Jack Graham, Jesse Duplantis, Lance Wallnau, Hank and Brenda Kunneman, and Joyce Meyer, who paused her program in January 2025—may signal financial strain or reputational damage from the scandal. Daystar insists these exits are unrelated, citing economic reasons or contract endings, but the timing and lack of clarity suggest otherwise. The establishment narrative often defends Daystar’s prosperity gospel roots, but critics argue the allegations expose a ministry prioritizing wealth and image over stewardship.
Daystar’s $3.9 million PPP jackpot and a shiny new private jet for beachside ‘ministry’ vacations
When the pandemic hit, Daystar TV applied for the federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) to help pay its employees and received $3.9 million. Two weeks after the loan was approved, the church bought a multi-million dollar jet.
In 2020, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Daystar Television Network, founded by Marcus and Joni Lamb, received $3.9 million in funds from the U.S. government’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), designed to help businesses and nonprofits retain employees amid economic shutdowns. The network applied for these forgivable loans, asserting they were necessary to maintain payroll for its hundreds of employees, as economic uncertainty loomed with fears of another Great Depression. However, just two weeks after receiving the funds in April 2020, Daystar purchased a 1997 Gulfstream V private jet, valued at $8–10 million, sparking immediate controversy. The timing raised eyebrows, as the network claimed the jet was bought with proceeds from an investment and the sale of an older aircraft, not PPP money, but the rapid sequence of events fueled suspicion that the funds might have indirectly enabled the purchase, undermining the program’s intent to support workers rather than luxury assets.
The controversy deepened when investigative reports, including a 2020 probe by Inside Edition, revealed that the Lamb family used the jet for personal vacations, such as trips to Fort Lauderdale and Naples, Florida, for beach getaways and golf outings, which Marcus Lamb described as “working vacations” involving ministry meetings. Social media posts from Joni and Jonathan Lamb highlighted family vacations, contradicting claims of purely ministerial use—Joni called it “our amazing fam on vacay,” while Jonathan celebrated “great memories made on our family beach vacation.” After public outcry and Inside Edition’s scrutiny, Daystar repaid the $3.9 million PPP loan with interest in December 2020, insisting it complied with all laws and did not use charitable donations for the jet. Yet, the episode left lingering questions about financial transparency and accountability, with critics arguing it reflected a pattern of prioritizing personal luxury over the network’s stated mission, while the establishment narrative often defends Daystar as a law-abiding ministry navigating economic challenges. Posts on X and watchdog reports, like those from the Trinity Foundation, continue to highlight this as a glaring example of misuse, though Daystar maintains the trips were legitimate ministry business, leaving the full truth contested.
Departure of Celebrities: A Network in Crisis
Since late 2024, Daystar has seen a wave of departures among its charismatic Christian stars, reported across X and Christian media. Televangelists like Jesse Duplantis, who left in December 2024 claiming divine direction and a contract end, and Lance Wallnau, citing “economic reasons,” have pulled their shows. Jack Graham, Hank and Brenda Kunneman, and Joyce Meyer have also distanced themselves, with Meyer pausing her programming in January 2025 amid the scandal. Daystar maintains these exits are unrelated to the allegations, but the timing—following The Roys Report’s November 2024 exposé—raises questions about financial viability or reputational fallout.
Posts on X suggest some programmers left due to discomfort with the scandal, while others, like Duplantis, deny any connection. The establishment narrative often minimizes the impact, framing Daystar as resilient, but the loss of key figures—many of whom purchased airtime—could signal financial trouble for a network reaching 108 million U.S. households and over 2 billion globally. Critics argue this exodus reflects broader distrust in Joni’s leadership and Daystar’s handling of the allegations, while supporters insist it’s business as usual for a network navigating family drama.
Joni Lamb’s Marriage to Doug Weiss: A Point of Contention
Joni Lamb and Doug Weiss have tied the knot! This Christian couple defied the warnings of fellow Christians and married anyway, and the response has been shocking!
Joni’s marriage to sex therapist Doug Weiss in June 2023, less than two years after Marcus’s death from COVID-19 complications in November 2021, has deepened the family rift and fueled controversy. Jonathan and Suzy oppose the marriage, claiming Weiss lacked biblical grounds for divorcing his wife of nearly 30 years, a stance they say led to their firing—Suzy in June 2023 and Jonathan in November 2024. The Roys Report notes Joni began texting Weiss shortly after Marcus’s death, a move Jonathan and Suzy view as hasty and unbiblical, exacerbating tensions.
Weiss, a Daystar guest and sex addiction specialist, has faced scrutiny for his own past, including allegations of questionable tax filings and vulgar teachings, as mentioned on X. Joni’s defense of the marriage as a “blessing” contrasts with Jonathan and Suzy’s accusations of spiritual abuse and financial misconduct tied to it, including the alleged honeymoon expenses. The establishment narrative often portrays Joni’s remarriage as a personal choice, but critics on X and in reports argue it reflects poor judgment, further eroding trust in her leadership.
Stop the presses, saints—Joni Lamb’s odd claim on Rumble of communicating with Marcus after his death might leave you praying for discernment, as it treads dangerously close to the biblically forbidden realm of the occult!
A highly unusual clip from Daystar Television Network, which recently surfaced on Rumble, has sparked controversy by featuring Joni Lamb, the network’s president, claiming to communicate with her late husband, Marcus Lamb, who died in November 2021 from COVID-19 complications. In the video, Joni asserts she speaks with Marcus, suggesting a direct, ongoing interaction that raises eyebrows among evangelical Christians, as it diverges sharply from traditional evangelical theology, which typically rejects necromancy, spirit communication, or mediumship as unbiblical (e.g., Deuteronomy 18:10–12, Leviticus 19:31). Posts found on X express alarm, with some labeling it “charismatic witchcraft” and accusing Joni of biblical illiteracy or spiritual deception, while the establishment narrative from Daystar remains silent, leaving the clip’s authenticity and context unaddressed. This claim, far outside mainstream evangelical beliefs, has fueled speculation about Joni’s leadership and Daystar’s direction, with critics questioning whether it reflects a personal lapse or a shift toward unorthodox practices, though no official statement clarifies the matter.
Conclusion: A Carbon Copy of History’s Religious Hypocrisy and Scandals
Oh, come on, Joni Lamb — did anyone really think this shocking spiral of scandal at Daystar was some newfangled misstep? No, this is just the latest chapter in a tired, predictable playbook of secretive and authoritarian religious group leadership, a pattern you’ve practically perfected over decades! From dodging accountability like a cat on a hot tin roof—ignoring police reports, silencing dissent with spiritual threats, and hoarding ministry funds for Cabo honeymoons—to gaslighting your own family as “cursed” for questioning your divine edicts, your behavior screams the same old control-freak tactics we’ve seen in countless televangelist empires, from Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker’s tearful implosions to Benny Hinn’s jet-set escapades. The Roys Report’s bombshells, the celebrity exodus, and that eyebrow-raising marriage to Doug Weiss aren’t anomalies—they’re the natural fruit of a leadership style that’s always prized image, power, and personal gain over transparency, justice, and, oh, maybe the Gospel you claim to preach! Wake up, Daystar devotees—this isn’t a holy hiccup; it’s a glaring neon sign of a system rotten to the core, and it’s high time you faced the music instead of rewriting the hymnbook!
Part 3 of Josie Naikoi’s coverage of this epic drama of the Christian broadcasting network, Daystar.
The Lamb Family successfully ran their Christian TV network empire until the skeletons in their closet became known.
Financial misconduct allegations, also reported by The Roys Report, add another layer to the scandal. Jonathan and Suzy claim Joni engaged in questionable financial practices, including charging approximately $100,000 to her Daystar credit card for her 2023 honeymoon with Doug Weiss in Los Cabos, Mexico. Expense reports obtained by The Roys Report allegedly show additional charges, such as $800,000 for gas to travel to Colorado, raising concerns about the use of ministry funds for personal expenses. Joni has denied using Daystar funds for the honeymoon, but the lack of transparency and Daystar’s refusal to respond to inquiries fuel suspicion.
Since late 2024, Daystar has seen a wave of departures among its charismatic Christian stars, reported across X and Christian media. Televangelists like Jesse Duplantis, who left in December 2024 claiming divine direction and a contract end, and Lance Wallnau, citing “economic reasons,” have pulled their shows. Jack Graham, Hank and Brenda Kunneman, and Joyce Meyer have also distanced themselves, with Meyer pausing her programming in January 2025 amid the scandal. Daystar maintains these exits are unrelated to the allegations, but the timing—following The Roys Report’s November 2024 exposé—raises questions about financial viability or reputational fallout.