I don’t have current verified information on how many children Sam Bateman has. The sources I found in the recent coverage discuss his marriages and alleged underage spouses, but they do not clearly state the number of his biological or adopted children. If you’d like, I can search for updated reporting or court documents to confirm this detail. Would you like me to look for the latest reliable sources?
PHOENIX (AP) — Members of a small polygamous group accused of child sex abuse of underage girls whom the group’s leader claimed as brides were arraigned in federal court on Friday. Sam Bateman and the three women followers, who are each represented by different attorneys, entered not guilty pleas in a downtown Phoenix courtroom. They […]
halifax.citynews.caThe leader of a polygamous group was detained after police found him driving three young girls in an enclosed trailer.
www.scmp.comThe leader of a small polygamous group on the Arizona-Utah border helped orchestrate the escape of eight girls he considered his wives from a group home where they were placed after authorities learned of what was happening, prosecutors allege in a Wednesday court filing.
www.washingtontimes.comHe's serving 50 years, but his group is still going
thetab.comLast week, a federal grand jury issued a superseding indictment that accuses Bateman of making child pornography and provides new details about how he took wives as young as 9 years old as he worked to win followers to start his own small offshoot group of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
www.kuer.orgThe leader of a small polygamous group helped orchestrate the escape of eight girls he considered his wives from a group home, prosecutors alleged.
cbs12.comChild brides as young as 9 were abused in the FLDS offshoot, prosecutors said.
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