Samuel Bateman took more than 20 women and girls ... She just needs to know that.” Bistline’s father, Moroni Bistline, said outside the courtroom that Bateman punished Bistline in front of the others ...
Members of a new offshoot of the polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints have started taking plea deals in federal court and admitting their roles in providing child ...
Phoenix • She was 14 years old in 2021 when Samuel Bateman decided he wanted her as a wife — and the self-proclaimed prophet took her as one of 20 women and girls he “spiritually married.” ...
Moretta Johnson, 21, was among the 22 "wives," including 10 minors, of Samuel Bateman, a self-professed Fundamentalist Church ...
The child sex abuse case against Short Creek polygamous sect leader Samuel Bateman, 48, took several unusual turns before it ended Monday in a 50-year prison sentence. Here are five things to know ...