{"id":5294,"date":"2020-08-26T10:28:55","date_gmt":"2020-08-26T14:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/?p=5294"},"modified":"2020-08-26T10:28:55","modified_gmt":"2020-08-26T14:28:55","slug":"jerry-falwell-jr-may-get-10-5-million-payout-from-liberty-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/?p=5294","title":{"rendered":"Jerry Falwell Jr. may get $10.5 million payout from Liberty University"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jerry Falwell Jr. could be awaiting about $10.5 million from Liberty University following his resignation from the conservative Christian school amid a steamy sex scandal, a report said.<\/p>\n<p>The evangelical powerhouse is due $2.5 million, constituting two years of his salary, plus a one-time payment of roughly $8 million as part of a contractual clause giving Falwell full pay if he resigned with restricted responsibilities, the source told the paper.<\/p>\n<p>Liberty University&rsquo;s board of trustees, who unanimously voted Tuesday to accept Falwell&rsquo;s resignation, had also said in a statement the former president would receive his full severance package.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jerry Falwell Jr., president of Liberty Univ. &amp; a champion of President Trump, has resigned after the publication of a news story that alleged he and his wife Becki had a years-long sexual relationship with a business associate, via Religion News Service. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SDSYByh6ag\">https:\/\/t.co\/SDSYByh6ag<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Yamiche\/status\/1298005023591403521?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 24, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jerry Falwell Jr. has resigned as president of Liberty University, Religion News Service has learned. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/T7JJ0ylvuY\">https:\/\/t.co\/T7JJ0ylvuY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kylegriffin1\/status\/1298002250351222789?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 24, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3ZNV_j4kiSI\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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