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Lifetime movie Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs premieres on June 28
at 8 p.m. ET. Photo Credit: Ursula Coyote |
Lifetime Original Movie
Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs premieres on Saturday, June 28 at 8 p.m. ET/PT. The film stars Tony Goldwyn, Martin Landau, Molly Parker and Joey King.
Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs is the true story of the the fundamentalist Mormon leader who spent more than a year on the FBI's "10 Most Wanted List" for unlawful flight on charges related to his alledged arrangement of illegal marriages involving underage girls. Based on the book "When Men Become Gods" by
New York Times best-selling author Stephen Singular, the movie chronicles Jeffs' rise to power after the death of his father, Rulon Jeffs. Within days of his father's passing, Warren married all of his father's wives and his dictatorial control over his polygamist followers ensued. He demanded women in the sect be completely subservient to men, banned laughing, and "reassigned" wives to other men at whim. Jeffs was eventually charged as an accomplice to rape for arranging underage marriages by the authorities but fled prosecution.