FL Copeland, the Smiths Station pastor who was recently exposed as leading a double life as a perverted cross-dressing Instagram model, took his own like earlier this afternoon, according to Lee County Sheriff Jay Jones.
It was only two days ago that Copeland stood in front of his church and gave a defiant a non-apology apology to his congregation, insisting: “This will not cause my life to change. This will not waver my devotion to my family, to serving my city, and serving my church… I have nothing to be ashamed of.”
Earlier today, law enforcement received a request for a welfare check on the seemingly distraught man. Sheriffs located him driving the mayor’s vehicule, and after initiating a stop, Copeland pulled over, got out of his vehicule, grabbed a handgun, and shot himself.
Now, he is dead, leaving behind a wife and three children.
Pray for them all.
Backround: days ago, 1819 broke the story of how Copeland was operating an Instagram and Reddit account under the pseudonym Brittini Blaire Summerlin, a “transgender curvy girl” who was active in writing X-rated “transgender fiction” and “gender erotica” on Reddit. As part of his perversions, he would post pictures of himself only wearing women’s underwear to Not Safe For Work (NSFW) forums, which are far too crude to post here.
1819 reports that
” Copeland regularly commented on other posts, referring to himself as a “thick transgender woman” and encouraging other transgender individuals to go on Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT). Copeland also posted transgender pornography, often giving vivid captions describing being a “whore” and getting “f****d.”
When confronted about it, Copeland insisted that “what I do in private life has nothing to do with what I do in my holy life” and argued that while he may sometimes put on a dress or sometimes put on makeup, as a means to relieve stress, “does that have anything to do whatsoever with me being mayor or being a pastor?”
Exposed, he eventually told his congregation, yet lied and downplayed his actions all the way through, saying:
“An article that was written about my capacity as the mayor, capacity as the pastor. The article is about who, or what I am. Yes, I have taken pictures of my wife in the privacy of our home in an attempt of humor because I know I’m not a handsome man nor a beautiful woman either. I apologize for any embarrassment caused by my private personal life that has come publicly. This will not cause my life to change. This will not waver my devotion to my family, to serving my city, and serving my church… I have nothing to be ashamed of; a lot of things that were said were taken out of context.”
