Cindi Lincoln, third spouse of younger earth creationist preacher Kent Hovind, is suing Hovind consigliere Ernie Land, Kent Hovind, himself, and varied entities about monetary commitments made to her in change for assist of Hovind’s Dinosaur Journey Land (DAL) in Lenox Al. I’ve not been masking most of the developments within the Hovind story that interact what second spouse Mary Tocco calls “the obsessed occasion of web fanatics who make investments an impractical period of time and focus, devoted to revealing to the world their notion of Kent as a fraud and con-artist”. I discover the monetary elements of this case of some curiosity although and there could even be some good classes in right here.

About Kent Hovind

Kent Hovind is an impartial Baptist minister and an advocate of Younger Earth Creationism (YEC). YEC is the notion that you may arrive on the age of the Earth (and the entire bodily universe) by summing up these begats within the Bible to get to some extent the place chronology is fairly uncontroversial. It really works out to round 6,000 years versus standard science which places Earth between 4 and 5 billion years previous and the universe between 13 and 14 billion.

6,000 years isn’t practically sufficient time for evolution to work and it additionally implies that dinosaurs and people coexisted – therefore Kent Hovind’s sobriquet “Doc Dino” and the theme parks named Dinosaur Journey Land (DAL) – the primary in Pensacola and the present one in Lenox, Alabama.

Hovind’s lengthy federal sentence was the results of the way in which the Pensacola DAL was operated utilizing a “non-statutory belief” Creation Science Evangelism, which ended up being thought of an alter ego of Kent and his then spouse Jo, who obtained a shorter sentence. She divorced him not very lengthy after his launch from jail in 2015.

The brand new DAL is way more standard in construction. The property is owned and operated by Creation Science Ministries Inc a 501(c)(3) group that’s acknowledged by the IRS as a church. A for revenue S Company owned by Ernie Land, Kent’s consigliere of a kind, runs the shop and pays Kent for the usage of his mental property. Mary Tocco, Kent’s second spouse, maintains that the brand new DAL in apply runs a lot because the previous one did with no precise accountability on Kent’s half.

About Cindi Lincoln

Cindi Lincoln was working a day care in California. She had marketed the varsity as being Christian, however you know the way individuals do not concentrate. One of many dad and mom complained about Cindi educating the children about God because it was all simply fables. She thought it will be great if there have been scientific proof that the Bible was true. She discovered it within the work of Kent Hovind lapping up his video materials. Then she heard Kent say on Youtube that he was on the lookout for landscaping assist on the new DAL, She visited for 3 weeks and cherished it there. So she moved in as a full time volunteer promoting most of her possessions, however protecting her residence in California as a rental property.

Cindi’s first time period at DAL started across the time that Kent married Mary Tocco in September 2016. She and Mary grew to become mates, one thing that seems to have continued as they grew to become a part of the ex-wives membership. The lengthy struggling Jo Hovind who has Kent to thank for a 12 months in federal jail has not been heard from in public. There are many Youtube movies to select from to come back in control on the controversy. This one hosted by Michael Jones of Inspiring Philosophy options each Cindi and Mary.

Mary Tocco from her personal expertise as an activist had a grasp on standard notions of not for revenue governance and administration. The brand new CSE regardless of its standard construction in comparison with the previous CSE was less than snuff so far as she was involved. By her account Kent and Ernie Land weren’t fascinated with her views. She left after 9 months in July 2017 not eager to be the second Mrs. Hovind to be imprisoned. Cindi left across the similar time.

Cindi stayed within the space and stored in contact. She heard that the IRS had been in and investigated CSE and all the things was high quality. So she got here again and earlier than lengthy romance bloomed. On July 20, 2018 Cindi and Kent married with out fairly as a lot fanfare as Kent’s wedding ceremony with Mary Tocco in September of 2016. A element value noting is that these two marriages and the wedding to Sandra Princess Sawyer in September of 2021 have been within the “eyes of God” with out license from the State of Alabama. The State of Alabama modified the legislation on recognizing widespread legislation marriages on January 1, 2017, so it isn’t out of the query that Kent and Mary Tocco are nonetheless legally married.

Cindi’s Help For The Ministry

In her account, whereas a volunteer on the ministry Cindi paid for her personal meals and didn’t settle for a stipend like the opposite 10-20 volunteers who lived on web site. She relied on the $2,000 in rental revenue from her California property. In January 2019 she offered the California property intending to exchange it with plenty of Alabama properties. She purchased the primary one on February 1, 2019 and rented it to Steve Lynn, the CSE “tech” man for $700 monthly. Over the subsequent couple of months Cindi donated $90,000 to the ministry primarily by shopping for issues for it.

Cindi didn’t intend to present all the things to the ministry. She hoped to recreate the $2,000 monthly she had been getting from the California home with Alabama rental properties. Then she got here up with the notion of turning extra over to the ministry in change for an annuity of $1,300 monthly. There was some backwards and forwards and I discover it a little bit complicated however the backside line was an settlement of $1,300 monthly for 20 years in change for $130,000 that Cindi spent on the ministry so far as Cindi understood it. Initially the contract referred to as for the $1,300 monthly to be paid by permitting Cindi to make use of an American Categorical card. After the cardboard was cancelled there have been some funds by examine.

The contract indicated that it was for “spousal assist” and didn’t recite the consideration that Cindi was offering. In April 2020 there started to be conflicts with Cindi worrying in regards to the management of CSE condoning drug use amongst some key individuals. You may check with the video if you wish to get into that.

The Battle

Kent and Cindi’s relationship deteriorated. Finalizing the main points of the association was an element, however disputes with the tenant tech man the place she felt Kent didn’t again her up was additionally an element. You may commit Youtube time into the he mentioned she mentioned of it if you need. The occasion that generated essentially the most consideration was the “physique slam” incident which resulted in Kent’s being prosecuted. What the cash deal is was the topic of a convention that was printed on Youtube by AtheistJunior titled Kent Hovind & Miss Cindi Zoom Name Negotiation. You get Cindi’s voice and on display screen left to proper are Paul Hansen, Brady Byrum, Ernie Land and Kent Hovind. You additionally get the voice of an lawyer they’re consulting.

Paul Hansen was a trustee of the unique CSE and was Kent’s codefendant within the 2015 trial which was about issues being accomplished to intrude with IRS disposing of property seized because of the 2006 conviction. Kent acquired off and Hansen ended up serving 18 months. Hansen was the brains behind Kent’s half billion greenback lawsuit in 2021. Hansen lives in a form of alternate authorized universe which he maintains actually works not less than normally. I spoke with him in regards to the state of affairs with Cindi and he instructed me he believes that Cindi is genuinely owed a considerable sum.

Brady Byrum is the authorized thoughts behind the Kent Hovind Is Harmless DVD collection. I’ve not discovered the right way to contact Mr. Byrum.

Ernie Land wrote me about Cindi’s submitting on the case final week. He wrote: “The submitting is being rebutted as inaccurate, untruthful and with a really massive countersuit”. I referred to as Kent Hovind asking him if he had something so as to add. At his request we exchanged texts. His reply was “Not presently”.

The Classes

Cindi believes she has no different however to file professional se. I’ve no method of evaluating the standard of her criticism or realizing how that is more likely to play out and no perception into how factor go within the Conecuh County Court docket the place the case was filed. The lesson might be to get authorized recommendation up entrance, which is what Mary Tocco did. One other lesson is to create clear transaction trails and work out the main points of the transactions earlier than coming into into them.

Different Protection

Here’s a roundup of my protection of the Hovind story since his launch type jail in 2015.

I picked up the story from Robert Baty – Kent Hovind’s Worst Nightmare. Baty might be chief among the many “obsessed band of web fanatics”. He is among the few, if not the one, critic that Kent will typically point out by identify.

There’s fairly a bit on Cindi’s Youtube channel.