rapidly, short creek changed, said andrew chatwin. paranoia wormed its way through the commune. warren, he is not a stupid man. and that is what is so dangerous about him. it s like he made sure that every single person had just enough dirt on them to keep them uncomfortable from speaking up. and that is what s allowed all of that to flourish. rebecca was 26 by then. a widow. and she believed, vulnerable. i no longer had a layer of protection from the prophet. and warren had absolute say. so for me it was scary. what were you scared he was going to do? my biggest fear was that he was gonna force us to be remarried. to somebody? to anybody. especially him. sure enough, in short creek, warren jets wasted little time arranging weddings for dozens
Motivational speaker Rebecca Musser talks about her life in The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and what made her leave the.
of the prophet s widows. when he did start to marry his wives off. it was like a locomotive out of control. i would see them walk behind him the next day and realized another one is married. it was very troubling. and it felt like being sets to auction. rebecca, perhaps the prettiest of all the prophets wives. but no friend of warren. felt she would be next. i was very concerned about marrying him. i had seen how he had treated his wives and his family. and i knew that even the little freedoms that i had would be taken. and then one day, rebecca and a young man named ben, a member of the flds, went hiking
it turns out she was just 12 years old. the tone, quiet, almost soothing. belies the horror of what is really happening. that feels good. now repeat the words from your mouth. this is a horrible thing to listen to. it will just rock you. it is so horrible. eventually, the master copy of the recording was filed. buried in evidence in the ranch. at this young age, to come to know god, and his power. and feel his presence. it just crushes your heart. for one thing. that you know what is going on. and what is happening to the 12 year old girl. and, that is something that i will never forget. it was exactly what rebecca feared. when she saw those beds in the temple. not only had he been the perpetrator, and the predator on these young girls. but he had, in a very twisted sense, taken the thought, the idea, and called it wholly. warren jets, and nine other members of the flds the were indicted in a variety of charges involving underage girls. the prophet, once an incomparable
would be the star witness against him. and if the stakes were not high enough, they were about to go up! in 2010, just before the texas trial was to start. back in utah, the state supreme court overturned his earlier conviction in the elissa wall case. the judge cited improper instructions by the trial judge. while prosecutors were deciding to retry the prophet, he was expedited to texas. where something traumatic was about to happen. on day one of his trial. coming up! rebecca takes the stand. but worn jets makes a move that stuns the courtroom. it was just a real. when dateline continues!