Bateman was sentenced to 50 years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to kidnap and transport a minor for sexual activity ...

When Ruth Johnson was 14 years old, she was swinging in the backyard when she suddenly heard her dad call her into the house.

A Utah woman helped bring down a polygamous sect leader. Now her story is on Netflix. We spoke with Christine Marie about the risks of coming forward, where the victims are now and what she hopes ...

Netflix has released a chilling new documentary detailing how a Utah couple successfully infiltrated a dangerous polygamous sect to take down its predatory leader, Samuel Rappylee Bateman.

Without Christine Marie, Samuel Bateman might never have been jailed for his crimes among the Mormon community of Short Creek. What drives the heroine of Netflix’s hit documentary Trust Me: The False ...

For the second time, Netflix and director Rachel Dretzin are chronicling abuse within an offshoot group of the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints (FLDS) in Short Creek, Utah. After 2022's Keep ...

Nomz Bistline was once a false prophet's wife in breakaway FLDS group. Now she’s telling her story — from abuse and control ...

Federal investigators allege in newly released court documents that a man who led a small polygamous group in Arizona reportedly had more than 20 wives, some of whom were minors, including one that ...

Who is Samuel Bateman? What is Trust Me: The False Prophet? Here's an update on his case and where he is now.

Netflix’s newest documentary follows the leader of a Mormon cult in which the leader’s crimes were exposed by a filmmaker who went undercover in the group. Samuel Bateman is currently serving a ...