District Court, Tulsa County, State of Oklahoma

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District Court, Tulsa County, State of Oklahoma Swails, Brooker, Brooker v. Oral Roberts University

The university provides and stocks a commercial soda machine in the garage of the Roberts home—with all expenses being borne by the university. Meals are routinely prepared by a professional chef, compensated through the television cost center, and delivered to the house for “testing.” Roberts make token payment to satisfy dictates of compliance. University and Ministry employees are regularly summoned to the Roberts’ home to do the daughters’ homework. (Original draft notes security records, photos, and statements to support this contention.)
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District Court, Tulsa County, State of Oklahoma Swails, Brooker, Brooker v. Oral Roberts University

Employees in the ministry assert that other accounts exist for stores in Texas and California which greatly add to the total. Mrs. Roberts ordered that her children be paid $200/song on the television show. One random student was found to pay the same rate, so as to justify the amount paid for her children. The Roberts daughters are allowed to use Oral Roberts’s home in the compound for a token payment. ORU/ORM maintains a stable of horses for the exclusive use of the Roberts children. All costs associated with this stable are born by the university.
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District Court, Tulsa County, State of Oklahoma Swails, Brooker, Brooker v. Oral Roberts University

Roberts was informed that these unilateral scholarship awards might constitute enurement, as she often received significant “thank you” gifts from the recipients or their parents. The unfortunate aspect to these scholarship awards to questionable students was the depletion of limited resources to fund the educations of more worthy candidates. After awarding the thirteen full academic scholarships to friends of the family, Mrs. Roberts established the “Make Your Day” scholarship. This financial aid was advertised as serving needy students.
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