Samuel Bateman, an Arizona-based polygamist leader with 20 “spiritual wives,” including 10 minors as young as 9, has been sentenced to 50 years in prison. Bateman pleaded guilty to kidnapping girls and forcing them into becoming his sex slaves.
Samuel Bateman, an Arizona-based polygamist leader with 20 “spiritual wives,” including 10 minors as young as 9, has been sentenced to 50 years in prison. Bateman pleaded guilty to kidnapping girls and forcing them into becoming his sex slaves.