Former North Texas Muslim cleric ordered to pay $2.55M in sexual exploitation lawsuit
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Sarah Sarder Dana Branham
Updated at 4:20 p.m. Wednesday: Revised to include additional details and comments from the plaintiff's attorney.
A judge ordered a North Texas Muslim cleric to pay millions of dollars to a woman he is accused of sexually exploiting after counseling her for years.
Zia ul-Haq Sheikh, who has served as an imam at Dallas-area mosques, must pay $2.55 million for mental anguish and punitive damages and his accuser's legal fees, District Court Judge Emily Tobolowsky decided Thursday, according to a news release.
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/courts/2019/08/13/north-texas-muslim-cleric-ordered-pay-255m-sexual-exploitation-lawsuit
