Bennetta Slaughter

Bennetta Slaughter is the owner of 24Seven Media group, an advertising and marketing company based in Memphis TN. Her latest subsidiary ventures in 2010 are as CEO and founder of Insurance Media Services, a firm specializing in recruiting and marketing of the insurance and financial industry. A companion venture, Producer's eSource is focused on information and training for insurance producers.

Slaughter earlier was the CEO and one of the owners of Agent Media Corporation. In 2004, the owners of AMC sold the company to Post Capital Partners LLC, a New York-based private investment firm, and Roscoe C. Smith III, a publishing industry veteran. In June 2007, it was acquired by Summit Business Media. Soon after Slaughter and her husband, David, moved their marketing and publications firm, AMC Publishing, from Dallas to Clearwater, Fla in 1994, Slaughter became active in civic and social groups. She was among the first Scientologists to win acceptance among Clearwater Fla civic leaders.

In 2001, Slaughter became a member of the Clearwater Regional Chamber of Commerce board of directors. Between 2002 and 2007, Slaughter was the CEO of Applied Scholastics, a Scientology-related organization and (a subsidiary of the Association for Better Living and Education) in St. Louis, Missouri. Currently she is the CEO of 24Seven Media and living in Memphis, TN.

In 1995, Slaughter, an influential Scientologist, was caught up in controversy surrounding the death of an employee and friend, Lisa McPherson, in Clearwater, Fla.

McPherson was a long-time delusional Scientologist who moved in 1994 from Dallas to Clearwater with her employer, AMC Publishing. The company is operated and staffed largely by Scientologists who want to be close to the Church of Scientology's spiritual headquarters in downtown. Bennetta Slaughter was her supervisor and friend for 12 years. In 1995 Lisa McPherson died of a pulmonary embolism, weeks after leaving the hospital against medical advice with a group of Scientologists, while under the care of the Flag Service Organization (FSO), a branch of the Church of Scientology. Following her death the Church of Scientology was indicted on two felony charges "abuse and/or neglect of a disabled adult and practicing medicine without a license", putting under trial the nature of Scientology beliefs and practices. According to Slaughter's own court testimony, McPherson officially listed Slaughter as "next of kin" on her medical record, and Slaughter was the only person Lisa identified to be contacted in case of an emergency.

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