July 23, 1996 - 9:50 a.m. EDT
Nearly 2,000 former PTL supporters say Jim Bakker scammed them and they want for $100 million dollars in return.
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Monday, closing arguments began in the class-action suit against Bakker who, along with his former wife Tammy Faye Messner. founded PTL as a religious broadcast network.
Supporters say they thought that the lifetime PTL memberships they bought could be transferred.
In a surprise move Friday, Bakker's lawyers presented evidence showing those memberships were not transferable