THE wife of a controversial televangelist has filed for divorce for a second time after nearly a decade of marriage. Toufik Benedictus “Benny” Hinn and his wife, Suzanne, lived in separate homes more than 60 miles apart when the filing was made at the Hillsborough CountyCourt in Tampa, Florida, late last month.....CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE>>>
Court records show that Benny Hinn, a property preacher and televangelist, was living at an address in Palm Coast, while Suzanne listed a home in Longwood, valued at more than $1 million.
It’s unclear how long the couple had been living apart, however, this isn’t the first time Suzanne served her husband with divorce papers.
Suzanne first filed fordivorce in February 2010 at the Orange County SuperiorCourt in California, citing irreconcilable differences after 30 years of marriage.
The couple first tied the knot on August 4, 1979, and share four children together. In the summer of 2010, Benny Hinn was infamously snapped leaving a hotel room with fellow televangelist Paula White, per The Ledger.
At the time, it was reported that Hinn and White spent three nights at a five-star hotel that was booked under an alias.
“No immorality whatsoever. These people out there are making it sound like we had an affair,” Hinn said at the time. “That’s a lie.”
Hinn would later acknowledge an “inappropriate relationship” with White and he and Suzanne would eventuallydivorce , however, in 2012, they publicly announced that they had reconciled.
He blamed the couple’sdivorce on Suzanne’s addiction to prescription dr ugs. “Suzanne started taking certain prescription medications to help her cope with some of her personal struggles. She became dependent on those for nearly 15 years, and those medications made her behave erratically at times,” Hinn wrote in a statement at the time.
“As her husband, I did not know the extent of her reliance on these medications, nor did I fully understand just how much harm they were causing to her, physically and emotionally.”
Hinn added that he had spent too much time on the ministry and not enough with hisfamily. He told the Christian Broadcasting Network in 2022, that Suzanne had checked herself into theBetty Ford Center in early 2010 to “gain freedom from her chemical dependence.”
The couple remarried in 2013 at the Holy Land Experience in Orlando, Florida in front of an audience of more than 1,000 people.
Hinn would sell DVDs of the wedding ceremony for $25 each. However, in the decade since, the couple has become estranged despite previous counseling from Pastor Jack Hayford, who died in 2023.
Hinn said in the past that Suzanne was his partner in the ministry because “that’s the way God wants it.” However, the ministry suffered greatly as a result of their initialdivorce .
Because Suzanne’s second filing took place inFlorida , a state that allows no-faultdivorce , the couple will likely see an equitable distribution of their assets. The U.S. Sun has reached out to Benny Hinn for comment..CONTINUE READING>>
