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.
When cult expert Christine Marie and her videographer husband, Tolga Katas, moved to Short Creek, Utah, they planned to support a fractured community still reeling from the imprisonment of Warren Jeffs,
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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.
This is the first in a two-part series about the rise and fall of Samuel Bateman, a self-proclaimed prophet who sexually abused girls he had taken as his wives.
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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