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May 1, 2026

'When I watched the girls loving this man, I felt sick': the woman who exposed a polygamous paedophile

Without Christine Marie, Samuel Bateman might never have been jailed for his crimes among the Mormon community of Short Creek. What drives the heroine of Netflix’s hit documentary Trust Me: The False Prophet?

'When I watched the girls loving this man, I felt sick': the woman who exposed a polygamous paedophile

TL;DR

  • Christine Marie was key to Samuel Bateman's conviction.
  • Bateman committed crimes within the Mormon community of Short Creek.
  • Her story is featured in the Netflix documentary 'Trust Me: The False Prophet'.