Director Rachel Dretzin and I on CBS Mornings
It was an honor to be on CBS Mornings with Gayle King speaking about the new docuseries “Trust Me – The False Prophet.”
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Christine Marie
New Netflix documentary includes Salt Lake Tribune reporting as it examines abusive Utah polygamous prophet
Salt Lake Tribune | The documentary, “Trust Me: The False Prophet,” follows cult expert Christine Marie and her videographer husband, Tolga Katas. Their work gathering evidence helped lead to the 2022 arrest of Samuel Bateman — the leader of a breakaway sect of the polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
The FBI raided their homes and arrested their prophet. Then the polygamous group found out who the informants were.
Salt Lake Tribune | Part 2. Samuel Bateman, who led an FLDS offshoot, admitted he took 10 girls as his “wives” and sexually abused almost all of them.
How a Colorado City woman helped police bust polygamist leader Samuel Bateman
FOX 13 | The arrest and conviction of polygamist leader Samuel Bateman was the culmination of undercover work by a woman who has become an advocate for people in fundamentalist communities.
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How I Infiltrated a Sex Trafficking Ring
Daily Mail | “The glamorous blond who brought down a monster who preyed on girls as young as nine under the guise of being a religious prophet.”
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Arizona men found guilty of aiding religious child sex abuse ring
Brothers LaDell Bistline Jr. and Torrance Bistline were found guilty on 14 total counts including transporting a minor for sexual activity and destruction of evidence.
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