Ex-Wife of William Barber II Accuses Him of Using Nonprofit Funds To Pay Alimony

Ex-Wife of William Barber II Accuses Him of Using Nonprofit Funds To Pay Alimony

Rev. William J. Barber II, a North Carolina civil rights fraud and former state NAACP president, is under fire—again. But this time, it’s not about moral movements or him taking another woman—like he did with Jazmyne Childs to a press conference—to make now-dismissed false sexual harassment allegations against Rev. Curtis Gatewood and block him from running for NC NAACP president.

It’s about the very thing Gatewood was going to expose: the same financial corruption that Rev. Barber’s own wife is now calling him out for.

According to spicy new court filings in Durham County, Rebecca Barber, the ex-wife of William Barber II accuses him of treating his nonprofit, Repairers of the Breach, like a personal piggy bank—allegedly funneling $7,000 a month to himself under the name of alimony or “support.” And that’s on top of a reported $225,000 salary. Not bad for a fake preacher.

The two divorced in November after nearly 40 years of marriage, according to court records.

Rebecca isn’t pulling punches. She claims Rev. Barber maintains tight control over the nonprofit’s accounts and says the organization’s hefty assets—reportedly $8.3 million in 2023—should’ve been split like any other marital property.

Oh, and just when you thought it couldn’t get any messier—Rebecca also says the nonprofit is paying a salary to the new Mrs. Barber, the woman Rev. Barber married shortly after their split. A salary for what, exactly? That part’s unclear.

Rev. Barber’s attorney, Tamela Wallace, quickly snapped back, calling the allegations “false” and “strategic,” chalking them up to nothing more than an attempt to shake the donation tree for coins. The organization, Repairers of the Breach, issued a statement expressing “full confidence” in Barber and dismissed the accusations as a distraction from the real work.

To be clear, no criminal charges have been filed—yet. But the court filings open the door to some uncomfortable questions about nonprofit misuse, questionable disbursements, and concealed financial gains.

For someone who stood beside President Joe Biden and led North Carolina’s “Moral Mondays,” this scandal could chip away at Rev. Barber’s carefully curated image as a righteous reformer — but a story we broke in November 2023 gives you a deeper look into the so-called man of God.

Jazmyne Childs Dismisses Lawsuit Against Rev. Curtis Gatewood NAACP After Rev. Barber II and Dr. Spearman allegedly BOASTED Her False Sexual Allegations in 2017 Lawsuit

As for Rebecca? She wants the nonprofit dragged into the divorce proceedings.