Man who financed FLDS cult leader sentenced in Arizona child sex trafficking case
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The founder of a Utah equipment manufacturer that generated an estimated $2 million in annual revenue was sentenced to 35 years in prison on April 28 for aiding self-proclaimed cult leader Samuel Bateman in transporting children for sex acts in Arizona.
Torrance Bistline, 36, and his brother, LaDell Bistline, 46, were found guilty in 2024 for participating in a yearlong child sex abuse conspiracy that crossed state lines and involved at least 10 children, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
“You helped make it possible for him (Bateman) to sexually abuse all these girls, and you yourself raped one of the girls, a child,” U.S. District Judge Susan Brnovich said at Bistline’s sentencing.
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