Netflix's Trust Me: FLDS Cult's Dark Layers

0:00On April 9, Netflix drops another heavy docu-series on abuse in the FLDS offshoot in Shore Creek, Utah. This one's called Trust Me, The False Profit, directed by Rachel Dretzen, following up her 2022 hit Keep Sweet, Pray and Obey About. Warren Jeffs, now at Spotlight Samuel Bayman, who stepped in after Jeff's got life for assaulting underage girls he called Wives. A couple, Kristi Marie and her husband, Toga Katas, moved there in 2017 to help the struggling group still loyal to jail Jeffs. They got deep inside Bayman's crew, where he crowned himself the new prophet, claiming messages from dead Jeffs. Bayman built a following with three guys and dozens of wives, including kids as young as nine, abusing at least 10 minors and shipping them across, states. Folks in the community were shocked, as Bayman went from broke divorcee to trailer full of women, breaking Jeffs' no marriage rule. Insiders like one family called him The Devil, but his loyalists funded his life and let him marry their daughters.

1:03The couple filmed it all, spotting child abuse red flags. That footage helped tip off the FBI in 2022, cops busted Bayman hauling three girls in a trailer after spotting fingers poking out. Raids followed, uncovering journals and more evidence, even as some wives talk suicide or grab guns before surrendering peacefully. Bayman pled guilty last year to kidnapping and transporting minors for sex, landing 50 years plus lifetime supervision. His three top guys got 25 to life sentences too, and eight wives face time. The series streams now on Netflix, peeling back these dark layers for anyone digging into cult fallout. Entertainment and celebrity news. Today, power by AI bringing you what's trending.