Polygamous leader featured in Netflix series faces sentencing for child abuse
Rising3 outlets reported this in 3 reports over 2 days
Tue, 25 August 2026peak 2 reports on Wed, 26 August 2026Wed, 26 August 2026
What it is about
Jesus ChristRick BowmerWarren JeffsSamuel BatemanNetflix Trust MeColorado City, Arizona, United StatesTexas, United StatesUtah, United StatesNebraska, United StatesHildale, Utah, United StatesCoconino County, Arizona, United StatesColorado, United StatesArizona, United StatesNetflixAmmon BarkerJoshua SteinlageAssociated PressPhoenix, Arizona, United States
Who published it, and when
original reportfirst to report
the-independent.com
sitkasentinel.com
asiaone.com
25 Aug, 14:55over 10 hours26 Aug, 01:24
How it spread - 3 original reports
Tue, 25 August 2026
1 report- the-independent.com14:55first to report
He was one of the trusted followers of Warren Jeffs, who is serving a life sentence in Texas for sexual assault of children
Wed, 26 August 2026
2 reports- sitkasentinel.com01:24Sentencing set for polygamous leader convicted of abuse in Arizona after girls discovered in trailer
A polygamous sect leader already serving a 50-year federal prison sentence for orchestrating sex involving children is scheduled to be sentenced on separate state convictions. Samuel Bateman was …
- asiaone.com01:24
PHOENIX - A polygamous sect leader already serving a 50-year federal sentence for orchestrating sex involving children was given another 24 years in prison Tuesday (Aug 25) on separate state convictions for child abuse for hauling girls in an unventilated trailer in Arizona.Samuel Bateman, 50, was convicted of three child abuse counts stemming from an August 2022 traffic stop in...