On 12 October the plaintiffs of the original lawsuit amended it adding the university's Board of Regents, which includes George Pearsons, Kenneth Copeland, Creflo Dollar, Michael A. Hammer, John Hagee, Marilyn Hickey, Oral Roberts,  Richard Roberts, Jerry Savelle and Charles Watson to the suit.  The plaintiffs cited that three days after the original lawsuit was filed, Roberts fired the university's financial comptroller (who had been employed by ORU for 26 years) and "witnesses have reported voluminous materials and documents were shredded and destroyed, constituting spoilation of evidence." The lawsuit argued that the Regents were a party to the suit due to negligence in failing to handle the issue as well as allowed a convicted child molester "mentor" students.
On 12 October the plaintiffs of the original lawsuit amended it adding the university's Board of Regents, which includes George Pearsons, Kenneth Copeland, Creflo Dollar, Michael A. Hammer, John Hagee, Marilyn Hickey, Oral Roberts, Lindsay Roberts, Richard Roberts, Jerry Savelle and Charles Watson to the suit. ORU Board member Kenneth Copeland was was Oral Roberts air pilot in the 1960s, and current Board chairman, George Pearsons is married to Copeland's oldest daughter. The plaintiffs cited that three days after the original lawsuit was filed, Roberts fired the university's financial comptroller (who had been employed by ORU for 26 years) and "witnesses have reported voluminous materials and documents were shredded and destroyed, constituting spoilation of evidence." The lawsuit argued that the Regents were a party to the suit due to negligence in failing to handle the issue as well as allowed a convicted child molester "mentor" students.
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Lindsay Roberts,
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ORU Board member Kenneth Copeland was was Oral Roberts air pilot in the 1960s, and current Board chairman, George Pearsons is married to Copeland's oldest daughter.