Malonis chuckled when a Deseret News reporter read her the motion and said she had no clue what she was doing in 2000 that was so wrong. Some have suggested her divorce and child-custody matters were at issue. But Malonis said she was divorced in 1998.

"Alan Futrell is not anyone to do anything with any kind of standing in the civil case. There's no need to respond at all (to his motion). However, since it's being published by the media ... what appears publicly is not necessarily an accurate portrayer of the facts. Alan can discuss whatever he wants in whatever way he wants, but that certainly doesn't make it accurate. This young lady is being controlled and manipulated and exploited and improperly influenced. My greatest desire is to get her out from under that," she said.

Jeffs will turn 17 on Saturday, the legal age in Texas that someone can consent to sex. In terms of Malonis still representing Jeffs as her attorney ad litem, she said the birthday won't affect anything.

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Contributing: Brian West

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