Tony Alamo’s lawyer filed a one-sentence answer last week to a civil lawsuit that asks that Alamo and a fugitive associate be made to pay damages for the alleged abuse of former followers.

“Defendant Hoffman/Alamo, as to that which has not been already addressed by a motion to dismiss, without waiving the motions to dismiss, generally denies the complaint,” reads the answer filed by John Wesley Hall Jr. of LIttle Rock on Dec. 24.

Alamo, whose real name is Bernie LaZar Hoffman, is being sued in federal court by two 18-year-old former followers who claim to have been beat...

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