Charles Flowers, who founded Love Demonstrated Ministries, International with his wife, and Stephanie Bassitt, a former staff member, were accused of using a rope to tie a 15-year-old girl to a van on June 12, 2007, and then dragging her behind it.
They were tried in 2008, but a judge declared a mistrial after jurors were unable to reach a verdict.
The suit names, among others, Pastor Charles E. Flowers and his former training assistant Stephanie Bassitt.
The two were initially charged with second-degree felony aggravated assault in the alleged dragging of Siobahn McClintock behind a van at the Love Demonstrated Ministries’ camp 10 miles west of Corpus Christi in Banquete, Texas.
Charges were later reduced, and the case ended in a mistrial.
The jury deliberated more than 13 hours over two days and sent out about a dozen notes, many saying they were split but leaning toward not guilty verdicts.
Prosecutor Michael Gordon agreed the teen was troubled but said it was no excuse for Flowers, who founded the camp with his wife, to resort to committing a crime.
A San Antonio church pastor on Tuesday denied accusations that he dragged a teen behind a van in Banquete during his Christian boot camp last summer.
A judge Monday lowered charges against two Christian boot camp officials accused of dragging a teen behind a van in Banquete from a felony to a misdemeanor because of an issue with the indictment.
Charles Flowers, 47, and 21-year-old Stephanie Bassitt of Love Demonstrated Ministries boot camp are charged with aggravated assault. They are accused of using a rope to tie camper Siobahn McClintock to a van on June 12 and dragging her behind it.