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A Florida circuit court judge, for the fourth time, dismissed a frivolous defamation complaint filed against Jews for Jesus by Edith Rapp. After dismissing the complaint, the court ruled that Rapp’s attorney, Barry Silver, must pay personally for the time and cost expended by Liberty Counsel in defending Jews for Jesus against the complaint.

The court concluded that Silver’s vengeful actions against Jews for Jesus were “a deliberate violation of not only prior trial court orders but of the law of the case” and concluded that “this is bad faith litigation conduct on the part of Plaintiff's attorney.”

This case involves a lawsuit over a newsletter report that a stepmother of Bruce Rapp, a Jews for Jesus missionary, had “repeated the sinner’s prayer.” The newsletter also requested prayer for “new Jewish believer Edie and salvation for her husband, Marty.” After Bruce’s father (Marty) died, Edith Rapp (Edie) sued Jews for Jesus for printing the information about her. The lawsuit read like a polemic against Christianity. The case was dismissed several times at the trial court.

Please pray that this case will never be successful against Jews for Jesus. Thank you for your prayers and support.

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