Florida church leaders 'forced dozens of slaves to work in crowded mansion for a decade' in scheme that made them $50million, investigators say
Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2025 2:08 pm
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LARGO, FLORIDA - The leaders of a church in Florida stand accused of enslaving dozens of victims inside a crowded mansion while running a multi-state money laundering operation to fund their lavish lifestyle.
David Taylor, 53, the head of the Kingdom of God Global Church, and co-conspirator Michelle Brannon, 56, were arrested for allegedly running a forced labor scheme that raised more than $50million since 2014.
Prosecutors said these unpaid laborers were manipulated through physical and emotional abuse to operate call centers across five states and work as Taylor's servants.
Alarming new documents have revealed 57 victims were crammed inside a Tampa mansion - cut off from the outside world as they endured harrowing conditions.
Expensive, human-sized stone statues kept in crates and luxury vehicles topped with gift-wrapping were also discovered at the mansion.
Inside the unsuspecting castle-like home, the vulnerable staff - including minors - slept on floors, were kept in the garage and had limited bathroom access, investigators said.
Taylor, 53, and Brannon, 56, allegedly withheld food and sleep from their laborers and threatened them with violence if they failed to do as they were told.
The bone-chilling plot began to unravel when they were both arrested in August.
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