WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE?
THE ANSWER IS COMPLICATED.
AND THE RELATIONSHIPS ARE
COMPLEX.
BUT AT THE HEART OF THIS
MYSTERIOUS GROUP IS THE JEFFS
FAMILY, INCLUDING WEATHER,
WARREN, AND HIS FAVORITE
DAUGHTER, RACHEL.
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THE IMAGES LOOK LIKE SOMETHING
FROM A HOLLYWOOD FILM.
WOMEN IN PRAIRIE DRESSES.
HOMES THAT SHUN CONTEMPORARY
LIFE, INCLUDING TELEVISION,
POPULAR MUSIC, THE INTERNET.
NO PUBLIC SCHOOLING.
NO MINGLING WITH THE OUTSIDE
WORLD.
FOR RACHEL JIF JEFFS, THIS WAS
NO MOVIE.
THIS WAS HER LIFE.
>> WE WERE TAUGHT THAT THE WORLD
WAS WICKED.
>> Reporter: THE FLDS, THE
RADIC
RADICAL OFFSHOOT OF MORMONISM IS
BEST-KNOWN FOR ITS PRACTICE OF
POLYGAMY.
AND FOR ITS LEADER, RACHEL'S
FATHER, WARREN JEFFERS.
WH
HOW MANY WIVES DID YOUR DAD
HAVE AT THAT TIME?
>> UNTIL I WAS 7, FATHER ONLY
HAD TWO WIVES.
AFTER THAT, HE GOT THEM EVERY
FEW YEARS.
BY THE TIME I WAS 18, HE HAD AT
LEAST 30 WIVES.
>> Reporter: THEY CALL HIM THE
PROPHET.
AND WHAT HE SAYS, GOES.
BUT RACHEL SAYS HER FATHER'S
RULES GOT INCREASINGLY BIZARRE.
HE BEGAN BANNING CERTAIN FOODS,
TOYS, EVEN FUN.
THAT HE FORBADE HUGGING AND
BROKE UP FAMILIES ON A WHIM.
AND HIS MANY BRIDES WERE GETTING
YOUNGER AND YOUNGER.
HIS FOLLOWERS, INCLUDING RACHEL,
WERE NOT ALLOWED TO QUESTION
HIM.
BUT QUESTION, SHE DID.
STARTING AT AGE 8, WHEN RACHEL
SAYS THINGS WITH WARREN TOOK A
VERY DARK TURN.
ONE SHE WAS UNEQUIPPED TO
HANDLE.
ONE NO CHILD SHOULD HAVE TO
FACE.
RACHEL JEFFS' NEW BOOK IS CALLED
"BREAKING FREE, HOW I ESCAPED
POLYGAMY, THE FLDS CULT AND MY
FATHER, WARREN JEFFS."
SHE JOINS ME NOW FOR HER FIRST
LIVE TELEVISION INTERVIEW.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE
MAY NOT KNOW IS YOU HAD, IN MANY
CASES, A HAPPY CHILDHOOD.
>> YEAH.
>> HOW CAN THAT BE?
WHAT WAS HAPPY ABOUT IT?
>> WE DID A LOT OF BASIC THINGS
THAT OTHER KIDS DID.
WE HAD BIKES.
PLAYED TOGETHER.
HAVING LOTS OF SIBLINGS WAS FUN
BECAUSE YOU HAD LOTS OF FRIENDS.
IN THAT WAY, IT WAS REALLY
ENJOYABLE.
WE DID PROGRAMS.
WE SING TOGETHER.
WE WENT TO THE PARKS.
WE PLAYED, YOU KNOW?
WE HAD LOTS OF FUN TIMES.
>> YOU WEREN'T ALLOWED TO HAVE
CONTACT WITH THE OUT WORLD,
RIGHT?
>> NOPE.
NO.
WE WERE TAUGHT, THEY WERE VERY
WICKED.
>> WICKED.
IF YOU HAD -- IF YOU BROKE A
LEG, WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
COULD YOU GO TO THE HOSPITAL?
>> IF ALL THERE IS SAID.
I BROKE A BONE.
BUT IF WE GOT SICK, WE DIDN'T GO
TO THE DOCTOR OR ANYTHING LIKE
THAT.
>> NO MUSIC.
NO MADONNA.
NONE OF THAT.
>> NO.
MUSIC WE MADE OURSELVES.
THAT'S ALL THAT WAS ALLOWED.
>> TALK ABOUT THE NEED TO,
QUOTE, KEEP SWEET.
>> WE WERE HOLD WE HAD TO KEEP
SWEET.
THAT'S HOW WE KEPT HEAVENLY
FATHER'S SPIRIT.
WE COULDN'T GET ANGRY OR MAD OR
JEALOUS OF ANYBODY.
WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE
SUBMISSIVE AND SWEET.
>> IT'S NOT THAT YOU COULDN'T
EXPRESS ANGER.
THAT WAS NOT ALLOWED.
YOU WERE NOT ALLOWED TO FEEL
ANGER.
>> EXACTLY.
>> OR WHAT?
OR ELSE YOU GET PUNISHED.
YOU WOULD BE GONE AFTER, BY THE
PISTE, YOUR FATHER OR THE
PROPHET.
IT WASN'T ALLOWED.
YOU HAVE TO BE SWEET ALL THE
TIME.
>> HOW MANY YEARS DID YOU GO TO
SCHOOL?
>> UNTIL I WAS IN EIGHTH GRADE.
>> WHO TAUGHT YOU?
>> FATHER WAS THE PRINCIPAL.
WE WENT TO A CHURCH SCHOOL.
LEARNED THE BASIC SUBJECTS.
ESPECIALLY PRIESTED SUBJECTS.
THE CHURCH TEACHINGS WERE
PARAMOUNT IN THAT SCHOOL.
>> THERE CAME A TIME WHEN YOU
WERE 8 YEARS OLD, WHEN YOUR
RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM CHANGED.
HE CALLED YOU INTO HIS OFFICE.
WHAT HAPPENED?
>> VERY SHOCKINGLY, FATHER
STARTED ABUSING ME SEXUALLY.
FIRST, PRESENTING WHAT A MAN
LOOKED LIKE.
AND THEN, TO ME, AS A CHILD.
AND THEN, HE STARTED SEXUALLY
ABUSING ME, AS A YOUNG CHILD.
IT WAS SO AGAINST HIS TEACHINGS,
SO AGAINST WHAT HE HAD TAUGHT
US, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO THINK.
AND I FELT TERRIBLE.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHY HE WAS DOING
IT.
>> HOW MANY TIMES DID HE ABUSE
YOU?
>> WAY MORE TIMES THAN I CAN
COUNT.
>> DID YOU EVER TELL ANYONE?
>> I TOLD MY MOTHER WHEN I WAS
ABOUT 10, AFTER IT WAS JUST
GETTING SO BAD.
AN I FELT LIKE I COULDN'T HANDLE
IT ANYMORE.
I REMEMBER THINKING, IF MY
FATHER IS DOING THIS AND THE
WORLD IS WICKEDER, ARE THE
WORLD'S FATHERS WORSE THAN THIS?
I REMEMBER THINKING, I SHOULD
JUST BE GRATEFUL IT'S ONLY THIS
BAD.
I TOLD MY MOM.
AND SHE CONFRONTED HIM.
BUT IT KEPT HAPPENING.
>> SHE WAS UNDER ORDERS TO KEEP
SWEET, TOO.
>> AND OBEY HIM.
>> AFTER YOUR FATHER CONFRONTED
HIM, THE ABUSE CONTINUED.
>> YEAH.
DIDN'T STOP.
>> I UNDERSTAND HE WOULD TAKE
YOU INTO BOOKSTORES AND SHOW YOU
PORNOGRAPHY?
>> YES.
YES.
YEAH.
AS A VERY YOUNG CHILD, HE WOULD
TAKE ME IN THERE AND EITHER SIT
ME IN THE CHILDREN'S SECTION AND
BRING A BOOK OVER AND FORCE ME
TO LOOK AT PICTURES OF, YEAH,
PORNOGRAPHY.
>> ULTIMATELY, YOU GOT THE
COURAGE TO CONFRONT HIM IN A
LETTER AND TOLD HIM HE HAD HURT
YOU.
DID IT CONTINUE AFTER THAT?
YOU WERE 16.
>> NO.
AFTER I CONFRONTED HIM AND LET
HIM KNOW HOW I FELT ABOUT IT, I
WAS SHOCKED BECAUSE THE REACTION
WAS ONE OF DEFEAT.
I'M SORRY, YOU KNOW?
THAT'S WHAT HE SAID.
>> YOU WEREN'T USED TO HEARING
THAT FROM HIM.
>> NO.
IT WAS A DIFFERENT FATHER THAN I
EVER KNEW.
>> AND THEN, WITHIN TWO YEARS,
YOU GOT NEWS YOU WERE BEING
MARRIED OFF.
>> YES.
>> WHAT WAS THAT LIKE?
>> I EXPECTED -- I KNEW THAT WAS
GOING TO HAPPEN.
I KNEW I HAD NO CHOICE.
I KNEW IT WOULD BE HIS CHOICE.
>> ONE DAY, HE SITS YOU DOWN.
WHAT DOES HE SAY?
>> HE COMES HOME AND SAYS,
RACHEL, YOU'RE GETTING MARRIED
TO THIS MAN.
RICHARD ALL JUSTICE EALLRED.
AND MY FIRST THOUGHT IS, I'M
GLAD IT WAS A YOUNG MAN.
I WAS AFRAID WE WERE GOING TO
MARRY AN OLD GUY.
WE HAD NO CHOICE.
I WAS GRATEFUL TO HAVE A YOUNG
MAN.
>> DID HE HAVE OTHER WIVES?
>> HE HAD TWO WIVES BEFORE ME.
>> DID YOU GET TO MEET HIM
BEFORE YOU MARRIED HIM?
>> I GOT TO MEET HIM THE DAY
BEFORE, YEAH.
>> WERE YOU SCARED?
>> I WAS VERY, VERY SCARED.
I WAS SHAKING.
I WAS VERY SCARED.
>> YOU GO, IT'S YOUR WEDDING
DAY, THE NEXT DAY.
YOU WALK DOWN THE AISLE.
YOUR DAD GIAVE YOU SOME ADVICE ON
WHAT TO DO ON THE WEDDING NIGHT.
THE MORNING OF THE WEDDING, HE
SAID, RACHEL, COME TALK TO ME.
AND HE SAID, I WANT YOU TO ASK
FOR A BABY TONIGHT.
I WANT YOU TO ASK YOUR HUSBAND
FOR A BABY TONIGHT.
I WANT YOU TO GET CLOSE FAST.
I HAD A HARD TIME.
I SAID, DO I HAVE TO?
HE SAID, YES.
I WANT YOU TO DO THIS.
PROMISE ME.
AND I DIDN'T.
I DIDN'T ASK HIM.
I WASN'T READY.
BUT WHEN I DID ASK HIM, I SAID,
FATHER TOLD ME TO ASK YOU
BECAUSE I WASN'T READY.
AND HE WAS -- HE WAS KIND.
HE WAS, LIKE, HE WASN'T IN A
RUSH.
HE WAS NICE TO ME.
HE WAS A LOT DIFFERENT THAN MY
FATHER.
>> BUT LIFE AS A SISTER WIFE
WOULD BE FULL OF OTHER
COMPLICATIONS FOR RACHEL.
AND FOR THE SISTER WIVES, AS
WELL.
THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO PICK
IT UP AFTER THIS BREAK, W
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