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Warren Jeffs case: Allegations of fabricated records surface

Saturday April 17, 2010 FLDS, Polygamy

The Utah Attorney General’s Office has joined an investigation into allegations that a midwife lied during polygamous sect leader Warren S. Jeffs’ 2007 trial when she said medical records used as evidence were original documents.

The A.G.’s Office said Thursday it learned two days ago that Jane Blackmore, a former FLDS member who lives in British Columbia, may have “re-created” records used to corroborate her testimony about medical care Elissa Wall received in 2002 for a miscarriage.

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Allegations of false testimony in 2007 trial of polygamous sect leader surface

Tuesday March 2, 2010 FLDS, Polygamy

The Washington County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an allegation of dishonest testimony about medical records of the state’s key witness during the 2007 criminal trial of FLDS polygamous sect prophet Warren S. Jeffs.

The case was based on a 2001 spiritual marriage Jeffs performed between Elissa Wall, then 14, and Allen G. Steed, then 19.

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RNB’s Religion News Roundup: Tony Alamo, Alan Bushey, Allen Steed, Johnny McGowan and more…

Wednesday July 22, 2009 RNB Roundup

In today’s RNB Religion News Roundup: lawyers hope Tony Alamo won’t speak; cult leader Alan Bushey faces sentencing; No deal on rape charge for man whose marriage to underage sect member led to conviction of FLDS cult leader Warren Jeffs.

Also: While providing marriage counseling, two associate pastors concealed that a third pastor was having an affair with a man’s wife. Then: A federal judge in Chicago has dismissed a charge against an avowed white supremacist accused of threatening a juror.

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FLDS trust’s fiduciary files complaint against former child bride’s family

Sunday February 15, 2009 FLDS, Polygamy

A fiduciary overseeing a polygamous sect’s trust has sued the parents, a sister and former husband of Elissa Wall, saying they, not the trust, are responsible for her forced marriage at age 14.

He argues that any damages that may have resulted from her 2001 marriage to Allen Steed were “primarily and ultimately” caused by their failure to act.

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Warrants could lead to more FLDS charges

Monday September 8, 2008 FLDS, Polygamy

Warrants could lead to more FLDS charges

The search warrants reveal new names under investigation by law enforcement for alleged underage marriages.

The latest warrants also name an ex-member of the polygamous sect who gave information to Schleicher County Sheriff David Doran in the years leading up to the April 3 raid on the YFZ Ranch.

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Elissa Wall Speaks Out About Her ‘Stolen Innocence’

Saturday May 17, 2008 FLDS, Polygamy

One of the darkest secrets of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints unfolds at a seedy roadside motel in the remote Nevada desert, where underage girls — some as young as 14 — are allegedly forced through hasty and secret wedding ceremonies.

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Jane Doe in Warren Jeffs case no longer seeks anonymity, shows photo

Saturday September 22, 2007 FLDS, Polygamy

Nearly two years after leveling first civil and then criminal allegations against Warren S. Jeffs, a young woman has moved away from anonymity.

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