RHOSLC star Mary Cosby's $6.3m church lawsuit heats up as star reveals bombshell details from past
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Bombshell documents in the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star Mary Cosby’s $6.3 million court battle against the people who ran her church’s finances revealed shocking new details about the TV personality's feud with her estranged family. Mary, 52, and her husband Robert Cosby Sr., 72, along with their church, Faith Temple Pentecostal Church, sued defendants Annie L. Johnson, Shawn Turner and United Security Financial, Inc. (USF), for alleged embezzlement back in September 2024.
![[Mary and her husband Robert Cosby Sr. alleged in the lawsuit, which was filed in September 2024, that the two church execs embezzled millions of dollars of loans from their church for personal use]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/22/20/94370351-14310887-image-a-14_1737576199356.jpg)
In the lawsuit, the Cosbys alleged two church executives – including United Security Financial, the for-profit business owned by the church – took millions of dollars of loans from their church for personal use, according to The Salt Lake Tribune.
![[In new filings, the Bravo star revealed bombshell details about her estranged family (pictured Mary's father Mark Cazares and mother Rosalind Cazares in 2022)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/22/20/94370347-14310887-image-a-15_1737576206121.jpg)
After the defendants filed a Motion to Dismiss on December 17, 2024, the Bravo star filed a Memorandum In Opposition to Motion to Dismiss a month later. As part of the filing, exclusively obtained by DailyMail.com, she cites a 27-year-long court battle with her estranged family as one of the exhibits that has been secretly brewing leading up to season two of RHOSLC.
![[Mary inherited her grandmother's wealth, which was passed to Robert Cosby Sr. after her grandma - who was previously married to Mary's now-husband - passed away in 1997]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/22/20/94370353-14310887-image-a-16_1737576261272.jpg)
Back in 1997 - after Mary's grandmother passed away from heart failure - the reality star's estranged mom, Rosalind Cazares, along with her siblings Ernest Walton, Pamela Jean Cosby, Deborah Brainich, Demetrius Cosby and Samuel Cosby, were all embroiled in a family war over the matriarch's estate.
![[Mary had explained on RHOSLC that when her grandmother passed, she left her her empire, including 'homes, churches, daycares, a mortgage company and restaurants']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/22/21/94405775-14310887-Mary_had_explained_on_RHOSLC_that_when_her_grandmother_passed_sh-a-3_1737579608115.jpg)
