Ex-teen Bride Wins $16 Million Case Against Polygamous Group

[TexasTowelie]

A judge is awarding $16 million in a lawsuit filed by a woman married to her cousin at age 14 in a ceremony overseen by polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs.

A lawyer for Elissa Wall said Wednesday the decision lets attorneys investigate bank accounts and property connected to the secretive group based along the Utah-Arizona border.

Alan Mortensen says Wall plans to use the money to help people leaving the group, which also has a compound in South Dakota.

Wall's testimony helped convict Jeffs in Utah, though the verdict was overturned on a technicality and he's now imprisoned in Texas.

Read more: http://upr.org/post/ex-teen-bride-wins-16-million-case-against-polygamous-group

[Beaverhausen]

1. It astonishes me how many of the polygamous groups operate openly here in the US

Glad that some of their victims are getting out and telling their stories.

Escaping Polygamy is a great series about this.

[murielm99]

2. I read her book. n/t