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Aug 14, 2008 2:37 pm US/Central

Jury Sides With Osteen's Wife In Lawsuit

HOUSTON (AP) ― Jurors say the wife of renowned pastor Joel Osteen did not assault a flight attendant who had claimed she was abused in an angry tirade.

The civil jury reached the unanimous verdict after brief deliberations Thursday afternoon.

Continental Airlines flight attendant Sharon Brown had been seeking at least $405,000 for actual damages -- physical and mental pain -- as a result of the alleged attack before the start of a December 2005 flight from Houston to Vail, Colo.

Brown claims Victoria Osteen got so upset when a spill on her first-class seat's armrest was not quickly cleaned up that she threw the flight attendant against a bathroom door and elbowed her in the left breast while attempting to rush the cockpit.

Both Victoria and Joel Osteen, and other passengers, say the assault never happened. Victoria Osteen's lawyer dismissed Brown's lawsuit as a made-up story concocted to land a courtroom payday.

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