On Tuesday, Dec. 3, Joni Lamb, the co-founder and president of Daystar Television Network, released a video denying allegations that she covered up abuse.
The video shows Lamb answering questions from her friends Cindy Murdock, Dorothy Newton, Cindy Johnston, and Anna Kendall. Unlike in her previous video statement, which was released on Nov. 25, Lamb provided more details into what happened on the day on which her family member, referred to as “Pete,” is accused of sexually abusing her 5-year-old granddaughter during a family retreat in August 2021, as well as an incident in November 2020.
“My first knowledge of any abuse was in November of 2020, and Suzy [Jonathan’s wife] called me and said there had been an incident at my granddaughter’s preschool, and she told me that something had happened where a little boy touched her and her friend,” Lamb explained. “[Suzy] called me and asked me, ‘Would I go to school with her?’ And I said, ‘Absolutely.’”
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Lamb shared that she accompanied Suzy to the school, saying, “We reported it to the school, and of course, you know, I was there to encourage and as I would for any child, but especially my granddaughter. And so that was the incident that happened.”
Lamb then claimed that allegations against her by Jonathan and Suzy Lamb written about in The Roys Report have been “taken out of context. That was the incident that happened in 2020,” she said, “and I was there, and Suzy actually called me to go there.”
Joni Lamb Details 2021 Incident That Took Place at a Family Retreat
Jonathan and Suzy are claiming that Jonathan’s brother-in-law, whom they have anonymously been referring to as “Pete,” sexually abused their 5-year-old daughter at a family retreat in 2021.
Lamb explained that there was “another incident written about that was an incident that happened at our family retreat. This was in 2021, [when] we were all staying in this house together.”
“My two older grandchildren were staying in an upstairs bedroom, and it was a long room, and there was a bunk bed on one side, and there was another bunk bed on the other side,” Lamb continued. “And so my grandson was talking about that he had the city view, and he was saying his sister had the beach view. So one afternoon, he was talking about that, and who they call Pete was in the room holding a 1-year-old baby boy.”
“So they went up the stairs, the grandson and Pete, and Pete had the baby,” Lamb said, adding, “All those details have been left out.”
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Lamb reminded everyone that she was in the house when the alleged sexual abuse occurred, saying, “I heard this whole conversation…My granddaughter went up to the room and went over to her side while Pete and the baby and my grandson were looking out the window at the city view.” Lamb said that it was while her grandson and son-in-law were looking out the window that her 5-year-old granddaughter, whom Pete allegedly abused while he was in the room, “proceeded to put her bathing suit on.”
“Well, about the time she started to put it on,” Lamb added, “Jonathan comes running up the stairs and says [to Pete], ‘What are you doing in here while she’s changing? What are you doing?’”
Jonathan and Suzy described the incident differently to The Roys Report, saying that Pete was alone and followed their 5-year-old daughter upstairs as she was going to change into her swimsuit.
