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July 31, 2012 • By Lindsay Whitehurst The Salt Lake Tribune
A former spokesman turned sharp critic of the polygamous sect led by Warren Jeffs has won an approximately $30 million judgment against the imprisoned leader.
Willie Jessop, also a former Jeffs bodyguard, has now won default judgments against three... Full Story
July 31, 2012 • By Lindsay Whitehurst The Salt Lake Tribune
An accountant appointed to run a polygamous sect property trust once controlled by Warren Jeffs has agreed to hold off enforcing a judge's order requiring the state to pay more than $5.5 million in past-due bills — at least for now.
Wednesday ... Full Story
July 31, 2012 • The Polygamy Blog by Lindsay Whitehurst
The former bodyguard for Warren Jeffs turned spokesman for the sect turned anti-Jeffs crusader has won the lawsuit he filed against his former leaders.
As expected, Warren Jeffs, Lyle Jeffs and John Wayman took the "answer them nothing" ap... Full Story
July 31, 2012 • The Polygamy Blog by Lindsay Whitehurst
Turns out the U.S. doesn't have the monopoly on interesting legal thickets surrounding polygamy, according to this article from the Daily Mail in London.
Plural marriage isn't legal in Britain, but men, primarily Muslims, can marry more tha... Full Story
July 26, 2012 • The Associated Press
San Angelo, Texas • A new 100-foot concrete tower at a West Texas polygamist ranch has been torn down.
The San Angelo Standard-Times reports Schleicher County officials do not know why secretive polygamist members dismantled the seemingly finished st... Full Story
July 25, 2012 • By Brian Skoloff The Associated Press
Kody Brown and his four wives want what any family wants, to live in the privacy of their own home free from government intrusion, and out from under the threat of criminal prosecution for — as they see it — just loving each other.
The polygamous f... Full Story
July 23, 2012 • The Polygamy Blog by Lindsay Whitehurst
It looks like while I was gone, members of the Warren Jeffs-led FLDS church pulled down the enormous round concrete tower they've been constructing on and off for about a year.
J.D. Doyle, the pilot who takes aerial pictures of the YFZ Ranch an... Full Story
July 12, 2012 • By Lindsay Whitehurst The Salt Lake Tribune
An animal rights group and an animal shelter are both offering rewards in the case of a kitten found buried in concrete in a Arizona-Utah border town dominated by the polygamous group led by Warren Jeffs.
The animal was found May 31 near the Colora... Full Story
July 12, 2012 • By Lindsay Whitehurst The Salt Lake Tribune
Utah's polygamy-focused Safety Net committee has a new clinical director.
Therapist Shelli Mecham will step into the role filled by Pat Merkley since the founding of the group by the Utah attorney general in 2003.
"I've learned a lot of ... Full Story
July 12, 2012 • The Polygamy Blog by Lindsay Whitehurst
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has responded to the disturbing video of a kitten buried in cement and found outside the Colorado City, Ariz. home of Isaac Wyler, prominent critic of the polygamous sect led by Warren Jeffs. (full story he... Full Story
July 11, 2012 • The Polygamy Blog by Lindsay Whitehurst
Warning: This post, and the video below, contains some disturbing material. Please watch/read with care.
This video of a kitten buried alive in concrete in Colorado City might really be the saddest cat rescue of 2012. (screen shot above).
Here's... Full Story
July 9, 2012 • By Lindsay Whitehurst The Salt Lake Tribune
When the state of Utah took over the property trust controlled by Warren Jeffs, it was supposed to be a two-year project, tops.
Instead, it's mushroomed into the state's longest-running, most expensive polygamy-related endeavour.
"I had n... Full Story
June 29, 2012 • By Lindsay Whitehurst The Salt Lake Tribune
Even as his followers' home base comes under fire from a federal civil rights lawsuit, polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs has been excommunicating dozens of people, apparently accusing them of breaking his ban on sex, former sect members say.
... Full Story
June 28, 2012 • The Polygamy Blog by Lindsay Whitehurst
I've always kind of wondered why we don't see more public action from the federal government on the Warren Jeffs issue. If we're talking about interstate and even international allegations, wouldn't a federal agency be the natural... Full Story
June 22, 2012 • By Lindsay Whitehurst The Salt Lake Tribune
The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit against two towns dominated by a polygamous sect on Thursday, accusing officials of failing to protect nonmembers and enforcing the edicts of leader Warren Jeffs above the law.
The complaint filed in Arizo... Full Story
June 20, 2012 • The Polygamy Blog by Lindsay Whitehurst
China is becoming a consistent theme for Warren Jeffs' revelations from God. First he was concerned about China being the U.S.'s largest creditor, and now he's worried the country is making trouble with North Korea — though he also te... Full Story
June 19, 2012 • The Polygamy Blog by Lindsay Whitehurst
I've turned up some conflicting information as I look into rumors that imprisoned polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs has handed down an edict saying all children in the community will now be fathered by just 15 men — if true, marking a new, ex... Full Story
June 16, 2012 • By Lindsay Whitehurst The Salt Lake Tribune
Martha Barlow's education ended in the fifth grade, when she was pulled out of school to work in a cabinet shop and a farm. She didn't get back until eight months ago, when she left the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Sa... Full Story
June 12, 2012 • The Polygamy Blog by Lindsay Whitehurst
The Utah Attorney General got a new packet of five "Revelations from God" written by Warren Jeffs Tuesday.
Dated throughout the month of May, two are repeats and three are new.
They sound familiar notes: A warning to the U.S. President ma... Full Story
June 9, 2012 • The Associated Press
St. George • A former bodyguard for polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs has won a multimillion-dollar judgment stemming from his lawsuit against church leaders.
William "Willie" Jessop, in his district court suit filed in February, claims leaders of ... Full Story
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