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'I stand on Fifth,' FLDS mom tells court in custody battle
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I'm looking forward to reading Betty's testimony and learning what she has to say about the truthfulness of Carolyn's memories and her own treatment in the homes of the FLDS.
The FLDS needs to be harangued out of existence.
This poor excuse for a mom failed to protect her daughter from a sexual predator.
She is caught in a difficult situation, if she "gives the appearance of being married" then she gives weight to bigamy charges. If she is deemed by the court to be a "common law wife" with a man that is already legally married, then there are other crimes that can be attached.
If instead, she is just "shacking up" with somebody then she is not guilty of those other crimes.
we must remember here that non of the men except jeffs has been convicted of anything and they are innocent until proven guilty
Did a 12 year old girl actually get married to Warren Jeffs? Is there actually a picture of them kissing? I don't even want to imagine what went on behind closed doors. And the majority of commenters to this article see nothing wrong with that?
What a sick world!
I mean, you all must agree that this mother and father belong in prison, don't you? Is there anyone here that thinks they SHOULDN'T go to prison for prostituting their 12 yr old daughter out to a 50 yr old man?
So those of you saying they shouldn't lose their children - how are they supposed to take care of their children if they are in prison?
I'm confused. Pls explain.
More of the ole takes the fifth must be guilty argument.
The woman exercises her rights with the advice of her lawyer therefore she is guilty........
Keep up the accusations of the bookpeddlers who were never at the ranch, making accusations that can not be verified.
What a case....non case......a non existant person accuses people of abusing the non existant person and her non existant child. A person who has never been in Texas testifies to nonexistant events that occurred twenty years ago.
Then there is the threat to children by a non-existant Merrill and his jailed buddy.
Allow discovery and let these people defend themselves.........but then you open the freedom of religion defense.
Just an added question..........who are Barberas children with while she is on the stand......someone needs to make sure Merril isn't babysitting.
Looks like ole Willie will put Carolyns daughter on the stand.
Now we have a witness to events in Texas as well as Carolyns life pre-booksales.
Carolyn is now planning her "escape" from texas.
I hear she is on the phone to Swinton to make a call to her brother......he is reving up the unregistered car as we speak. Watch out for Doran...I hear he has a new ticket book and needs to raise funds to pay for the raid.
Hey Joey..authenticating the pictures may be a problem but heck.........they are certainly worth more than the proverbial thousand words.
I am not sure if kissing is illegal in Texas but extrapolating a kiss of that nature to include sex isn't unreasonable.
Did the girl get pregnant..I think she did........but Jeffs is in jail and unless someone allows conjugal visits I think the odds of them kissing again in this lifetime are nonexistant.
The States of Utah, Idaho, Arizona, Colorado and Texas to list just a few. All of them, guilty of 'looking the other way' for years. All guilty of aiding and abetting child abuse, molestation and subjugation. Too bad coercion and immoral indoctrination aren't illegal.
As a former resident of both UT and ID, I am personally aware of polygamous family's living and working in the open, not compounds. Family's that are well known by the authorities as well as other members of the public. Yet, as long as they don't make waves, it is a 'don't ask, don't tell' mentality.
How many expos�''s have we seen on TV about the activities of individual groups, yet only a few of the worse offenders have been prosecuted in token gestures by state attorney's. As soon as the public's repugnant feeding frenzy is sated, it's back to business as usual. Utah prosecutors have admitted they don't prosecute polygamy unless it is absolutely necessary, or around election time.
the rights of parents, children and families. We
see this in the courts all the time. Power hungry,
politically correct agencies with a multitude
of players looking to make a buck off the misery
of families and children.
Whatever "FATHER" says is gospel.(father being Merrill)
These women are robots. If they don't follow they are punished.
So in your opinion, power hungry CPS shouldn't be allowed to violate the rights of parents to sexually abuse and rape their children?
A few weeks of protective custody for many is worse, in your opinion, than a lifetime of sexual slavery for a few.
Evidently some Utahns (including some Latter-day Saints) are so right-wing and anti-government in their thinking, they will justify child-rape in the interest of curtailing government authority. This is absolutely sick.
If our society is unwilling to protect its most defenseless--yes, including the unborn-- its
destruction will come erelong. You anti-government pro-lifers should also be sure stick up for the rights of the born.
I hope you are never allowed to sit on a jury. Pleading the Fifth can not be used against someone.
First people said that they just wanted the children out of YFZ. Now that they are elsewhere, you are demanding the children be taken from their parents. Are you people every satisfied?
A husband at large can do more for a family that one in jail.
Merrill Jessop probably belongs in jail for his crimes. However, having your husband go and testify and then get sent off to the slammer does you no good. Merrill showing his face and getting held in jail awaiting charges is the last thing Barbara wants.
I do not agree with the FLDS. However I do have to say their system of husbands who stay with their multiple wives is much better than what goes on among many other people in the United States.
Elsewhere you have 21-year-old plus men who lure 14 to 16 year olds into their confidence, inpregnate them, and then move on to elsewhere while the young mother has to raise the children all on her own.
Is it better for a 14-year-old to have a 22-year-old boyfriend who says he will stay with her but then deserts or a 30-year-old husband, who gives as much support to her as to his other two wives?
What evidence do you have that Ms. Jessop's daughter did not want to marry Warren Jeffs?
Considering the culture she was raised in, she was probably thrilled to no end to become Warren Jeffs wife.
Legally, even if the young Ms. Jessop had asked Warren Jeffs to marry her you could still charge him with various crimes in connection with the issue. It might be hard to get a jury to convict if it could be shown that the 12-year-old had initiated the marriage.
However, my point is that there is no evidence in this case that the young Ms. Jessop had any misgivings about the marriage. At the same time legally, although not neccesarilly in the balance of getting a conviction, such facts have no relevance. Since Ms. Jessop is under the age of consent, how she feels about the whole matter is not in any way relevant to the actions of Jeffs being a crime.
any of these people...In your opinion false accussations, lies, innuendos are the same as
factual evidence, that is good enough to deprive parents and children their constitutional right
for due process.
I bet your 16 year old grandmother who married
her 18 year old child hood sweetheart should have
been placed in prison too, or worse than prison
foster care.
have no proof or evidence, no conviction, no clear
and convincing evidence, no finding of guilt by
any jury? All you have is an abusive agency destroying family rights, parental rights and in
a majority of instances ripping children away from
their fathers...by the way I am not FLDS OR LDS, i
am for fairness and justice.
you may not be FLDS but you certainly are NOT for fairness and justice.
There is a tiny 12 yr old girl that was told by her parents that she is to marry a 50 yr old man - and that she should be PROUD to do so.
That is perversion to the nth degree. The parents should both be jailed for child endangerment.
So - you don't want the parents to lose the children and you think for the children to go to foster care is unfair. Tell us - how are the parents supposed to raise (used loosely) their children if they are in jail?
Or do you believe that telling their impressionable little daughter that she is to marry at 12 is ok to do?
It's black and white - no grey area. Simple. Either what they did was WAY wrong and they should go to jail, or what they did was ok and they should keep their childen,
Which is it?
There is NOT an abundance of women! Thus making your lifestyle ridiculous, as you would have to rid yourself of the excess men in your community. Please think and someone give a plausible answer please.
Their religion is protected under the Constitution, its immoral and illegal practices or not. Human sacrifice is a component of some aspects of Santeria practiced elsewhere in the world; Santeria ITSELF is protected under the Constitution, human sacrifice is not.
Likewise, FLDS may be protected under the Constitution but rape and incest are not. Nor is abuse in any way shape or form, nor is polygamy. Unless you want to argue for suppressing the needs of woman in order to allow the men to carry on with their shameless pleasure-seeking self-fulfilling ways, I really don't see your argument. Warren Jeffs has already been shown to be a hypocrite. Maybe you should re-evaluate your argument, unless you can't hear me all the way from the 50's.
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