It’s not over: A sinister update on Sam Bateman’s group after the Netflix documentary
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As told through the new Netflix documentary, Trust Me: The False Prophet, Sam Bateman operated a polygamist Mormon sect of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS). He took over after the founder, Warren Jeffs, was jailed in 2011.
His many crimes, which included numerous instances of paedophilia, were exposed by Christine Marie and her videographer husband, Tolga Katas, after they embedded themselves in the close-knit community for over a year. Over four episodes, viewers watched as Sam’s cult came crashing down.
At the end of the Netflix doc, producers updated us on a number of the former wives. Eight girls, who were minors at the time, were either placed into foster care or returned to their families after proper checks were carried out. Some of the other women, like Naomi ‘Nomz’ Bistline, were able to escape, but that wasn’t the case for everyone.
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