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'He got what he deserved': 'Trust Me: The False Prophet' star reacts to polygamous sect leader's additional 24-year sentencing

By ABC 4 · August 27, 2026 · 1 min read
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A lonely, weathered trailer sits in the vast, cracked desert landscape of Utah under a harsh sunset, symbolizing isolation and hidden secrets.
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PHOENIX, Arizona (ABC4) — Polygamist sect leader Samuel Bateman, who is already serving a 50-year sentence for child sex crimes, has now been sentenced to an additional 24 years in prison for separate state convictions of child abuse for hauling girls in an unventilated trailer in Arizona. A Utah couple, Cult Expert Dr.

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