'Lost Boy' suing Jeffs to find his mother
Lawsuit is seeking damages as well as mother's location
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He wants to know so badly, he'll sue Fundamentalist LDS Church leader Warren Jeffs to get an answer.
Jessop and his lawyers filed a lawsuit Tuesday in Salt Lake City's 3rd District Court demanding a judge force Jeffs to reveal the location of Elsi Jessop.
"This gives Mr. Jeffs an opportunity to reunite at least one family," said Jessop's lawyer, Roger Hoole.
If Jeffs refuses to talk, a judge could find him in contempt and give him more time in jail.
Jessop says that at age 13 he was kicked out by Jeffs, who by then was considered the "prophet."
"Jessop was told to come and get his belongings or they would be thrown out," Hoole wrote in the lawsuit. "Jeffs' actions in expelling Jessop from the Short Creek community alienated Jessop from the affection of his mother, deprived him of her support, and severed him from his family, friends, school, work and all else he had ever known."
After being on his own and running into trouble with the law, a juvenile court judge in St. George's 5th District Court ordered Jessop to be reunited with his mother. However, the lawsuit claims FLDS leaders reiterated that Jessop was not welcome back in the communities of Hildale, Utah; and Colorado City, Ariz.
After struggling to find a place to live, Jessop found his way to Shannon Price, who heads the Diversity Foundation, which helps the so-called "Lost Boys" who have been kicked out of the FLDS communities.
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