From Deseret News archives:
FLDS grand jury ends for the day
The grand jury is expected to meet again next month.
A number of FLDS members appeared before the grand jury to give testimony, as did law enforcement and attorneys. Among those testifying was a 16-year-old daughter of FLDS leader Warren Jeffs.
Asked if she testified, Teresa Jeffs turned and smiled at reporters before being hurried into a waiting car.
"I don't want to do it," Jeffs said as she walked into court earlier today. "It's weird."
While waiting to testify, Jeffs decided to climb a tree, amusing some spectators.
San Angelo attorney Brad Haralson represents several mothers. "I can't say a thing," he told reporters as he walked to his car.
"I don't know if there's really a schedule. They're just doing it. No agenda was sent out to anybody."
Jeffs' court-appointed attorney, Natalie Malonis, was also escorted into the courthouse earlier. Other attorneys representing FLDS women have also been present for the grand jury proceedings.
Although grand jury proceedings are supposed to be secret, this hearing had been anything but thanks to court filings and a legal tug-of-war between Jeffs and Malonis.
Jeffs has been in a legal spat with her attorney, who sought a restraining order against FLDS member and spokesman Willie Jessop. Malonis has accused Jessop of coercing Jeffs into avoiding a subpoena to testify as well as interfering with her relationship with her client. Jeffs has asked the judge for a new lawyer.
On Tuesday, a deal was struck to extend the restraining order for another 90 days. A new attorney, who said he is representing Jeffs in criminal matters, appeared with her outside the courthouse.
The grand jury is reportedly investigating crimes within the FLDS Church, stemming from the April 3 raid on the polygamous sect's YFZ Ranch.
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