Update: See our commentary on the film here.
Disgraced evangelical leader Jerry Falwell Jr, the former head of Liberty University, is about to featured in the Hulu documentary God Forbid: The Sex Scandal That Brought Down a Dynasty, which is being released in just a few days. According to IndieWire:
The documentary is built around interviews with Giancarlo Granda, who met Fallwell’s wife Becki as a pool attendant at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach and engaged in a years-long affair with her. Granda alleged that the affair occurred with the knowledge and approval of Jerry Falwell, and that he occasionally watched the two have sex, which he has denied.
News of the affair became public in 2020, when Reuters published a story based on Granda’s account. The resulting controversy forced Falwell to resign from his position as president of Liberty University, the Evangelical University established by his father.
It is unclear if it will also touch upon the catalyst for how much of this came to light in the first place, which was after Falwell accidentally and drunkenly posted an image and video on Instagram of a Trailer Park Boys-themed party his family was having on a yacht, which blew everything wide open and brought him intense scrutiny.
Warning, immodest and crude content in trailer.
