911 Call about Pastor Dollar Released
COSTELLO: For the first time we're hearing the 911 tapes that led to the arrest of Atlanta's Megachurch Pastor Creflo Dollar. On this tape you can hear his 15-year-old daughter accusing him of choking and beating her. Dollar denies he attacked his daughter and left jail after posting bond. George Howell's here with the 911 tapes. You listened to it, what did you hear?</s>GEORGE HOWELL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well police just released these tapes. We took out the phone number and the address that was also on the tapes. But on this tape, you get a sense the emotional state of this young girl when she called police indicating to them that this had happened before and asking them to take some sort of action. Let's listen together, we can talk about it here on the other side.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I just got into an altercation with my father. He punched me and threatened to choke me. This is not the first time it's happened. I feel threatened by being in this house. I don't know what can be done. I'm scared. I'm shaking. I don't know what to do.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: And are there any weapons involved?</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: No, ma'am.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Any drugs or alcohol?</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: No, ma'am.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Do you have any visible injuries?</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: No, ma'am.</s>HOWELL: So, Carol on that tape she sounds frustrated but at the same time calm, I should say; and composed.</s>COSTELLO: I was going to say she sounds really calm.</s>HOWELL: As she explains to police her side of the story. Keep in mind, this is the a result of an argument with her father, according to the police report over grades and her not being able to go to a party. Creflo Dollar says that he did not hit his daughter, but tried to restrain her after she became disrespectful. But both of his daughters they describe an aggressive attack where he reportedly used his shoe to hit the young girl and also tried to choke her.</s>COSTELLO: Where are the kids now? I know the sister is 19, right? Where is the 15-year-old?</s>HOWELL: From what we've -- from what we understand at this point. They are altogether. Creflo Dollar has put out a statement saying that this is a family matter and is being handled as a family matter. The daughters have not hired attorneys. There are no attorneys involved at this point. It seems like this is a case where the family is working this out together. That's what he told his church, thousands of members of that church, that he's going to work this out within his family.</s>COSTELLO: But the charges still loom over his head, right?</s>HOWELL: And that will still play out throughout the court system.</s>COSTELLO: George Howell, thanks so much. Don't forget to talk back on one of the stories of the day. The question for you this morning, how do we restore civility in America? You have many interesting responses. I'll read some of them on the other side of the break.