Her 1980 sexual encounter with Bakker in a Florida motel room and subsequent payoff to keep quiet triggered the end of the PTL empire in 1987. Now 38, she lives in Los Angeles and continues pursuing radio and TV jobs. The Fort Mill, S.C., complex that the Bakkers built near the Interstate 77 Carowinds exit went downhill after they left in 1987. Series of owners, including evangelists Jerry Falwell and Morris Cerullo, was in charge until Malayan United Industries of Malaysia bought and reopened it in 1992. Despite bringing in Radisson to run the operation and allowing liquor on the premises, the hotel and adjoining shops closed in late November 1997.
Property is still home to several residential subdivisions and a public golf course.
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