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Southern Pastor arrested after beating man who allegedly threatened his wife and grandkids with rape

June 26, 2026 | | Print Article

A Louisiana pastor who went viral for whooping some ass is now defending the beatdown he delivered by citing the “victim’s” crap behavior.

Pastor Tony Spell of Life Tabernacle Church was changing a church bus battery when his neighbor’s son allegedly started threatening his family, so Spell crossed the road and whooped the young man’s behind.

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After the fight, Spell was arrested for second-degree battery, though he remains adamant that he did nothing wrong, given the behavior of the neighbor’s son.

“He said, ‘Tony, I’m gonna rape your wife, I’m gonna rape all of your grandchildren,’ and he said, ‘The next time you go out of town, I’m gonna kill them, and what the F are you going to do about it?'” Spell later recalled to local station WBRZ.

The evidence shows that the neighbor’s son, Luke Sherwin, had a history of harassing Spell’s family, particularly his wife, Shaye.

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In May, Shaye filed a police report about a March incident in which Sherwin had “flipped” her off before jumping in his truck and following her.

“Sherwin allegedly rolled down his window, started yelling obscenities and acted as though he was getting out of his truck at the light,” WBRZ notes.

During a second incident, Shaye and her husband were leaving home while Sherwin was reportedly “flipping” them off and grabbing his junk.

“She said as the two drove, they noticed Sherwin’s truck approaching their rear bumper before swerving to pass them and driving in their lane,” according to WBRZ. “She said that the truck crossed in front of them, crossed three lanes and turned left onto another road as it almost hit their vehicle.”

The police reportedly tried to talk to Sherwin’s father, Scott, in May, telling him that his son needed to stop following and contacting Shaye. But then the Spells showed up in their white pickup and all hell broke loose.

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“The groups began yelling and gesturing at each other,” WBRZ notes. “The officer told Tony Spell to get back in his truck and Scott Sherwin to ‘calm down’ and stop making gestures toward the pastor.”

A prior report was also filed in 2023, when Shaye accused “their neighbor across the street,” according to court reviews reviewed by WBRZ, of placing traffic cones in front of Spell’s church to block the entrance.

Critics agree that, from the sounds of it, Sherwin deserved the beatdown he got:

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Spell also defended himself while speaking at his church on Wednesday.

As a “natural protector to my wife and to my grandchildren who were threatened murder, who were threatened rape, I have an obligation to protect them,” he said, according to The Advocate.

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“I’m a pastor who shepherds his flock. It’s not the job of the sheep to attack the wolves; it’s the job of the shepherd to protect his sheep,” he added.

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