{"id":16547,"date":"2022-06-07T11:14:59","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T09:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1655270"},"modified":"2022-06-07T11:42:08","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T09:42:08","slug":"who-is-warren-jeffs-and-where-is-the-keep-sweet-subject-now","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/who-is-warren-jeffs-and-where-is-the-keep-sweet-subject-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Warren Jeffs and where is the Keep Sweet subject now?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Grace Henry\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 07 June 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Netflix is looking into the crimes of Warren Jeffs in new docuseries Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey.<\/p>\n

Coming to the streaming site on Wednesday 8th June, the documentary will explore the Texas-based polygamous Mormon sect led by Jeffs, the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.<\/p>\n

Using unseen archive footage, it will show what life was like inside the group, and the rise and fall of Jeffs, who was eventually sentenced for child abuse.<\/p>\n

So, where is Jeffs now?<\/p>\n

Here is everything you need to know as the doc airs on Netflix<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Who is Warren Jeffs?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Warren Steed Jeffs is the President of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS Church), which is a polygamous denomination and has been branded a cult<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Jeffs \u2013 who was once placed on the FBI\u2019s Ten Most Wanted List<\/a> for his flight from charges that he had arranged illegal marriages between his adult male followers and underage girls in Utah \u2013 took control of a brand of the FLDS church, calling himself the \u201cpresident and prophet\u201d.<\/p>\n

During his leadership here, Jeffs had 78 wives at the same time under the sect\u2019s rules. Only 54 of these wives were over the age of 17.<\/p>\n

Some of the survivors speaking in the documentary married Jeffs when they were just 14 years old.<\/p>\n

In 2011, he was convicted of two felony counts of child sexual assault for sex with a 15-year-old he had married and aggravated sexual assault against a child who he married at age 12. He was sentenced to life in prison plus 20 years and fined $10,000.<\/p>\n