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00:12It's very difficult to explain to people how all of this happened. A slide of snow
00:20coming down the mountain and it begins to roll like a snowball. Compromise by
00:26compromise, how does something so small as a snowflake build up till an avalanche
00:33was over our heads? I grew up knowing that you have a conscience. There's a
00:42certain fear that comes over you, the fear that you know you're doing wrong, the
00:47fear of God. One of the subtle things this wicked man did was to destroy
00:55conscience, and I was groveling in sin. I didn't want to live like this. I envied
01:07the corpse. I envied the corpse a lot.
01:15We weren't living very far from the police station. I could have simply walked
01:20over there, but I just kept thinking will they hear one woman's cry? Once I knew
01:30that Christine was the one I could go to and asked for this help, I thought okay
01:36now we've got two women, not just one. Will they hear it?
01:48The body's wise, but mine is broken. Unsteady ties of my emotion. They say trust yourself, but how do you
01:59know when? How do you know when?
02:02What if I fall into the abyss? What if I swing? Only just a mess. What if the rose looks
02:14pretty, but the doors cut me?
02:16I know when I make money. But what if I trust me.
02:40Thursday, July 28. This is Julia.
02:46when julia began disclosing to me i began recording i was right
02:55following samuel to hell is not doing right it isn't and a woman does not have to follow a man
03:02to hell she doesn't it was hard for her at first she started by telling me how sam was getting
03:11more and more cruel it was tough for me to tell christine how much of a fake front is being
03:20put
03:20on in her presence bye thank you bye the minute that she would leave he would attack him with the
03:33most vulgar language and effing him and all sorts of stuff that was just disgusting
03:40i just watched as he began to feed himself off everybody he's home on the computer twiddling
03:48around and they were out cleaning motel rooms and airbnbs and working hard
03:56even when they were expecting babies sick or not sick they would go to work to earn the money for
04:04him
04:06it's one of the girls's notebooks and and we knew they'd been doing affirmations to increase their
04:13inner self and then when they were home he would make them do hours of writing everything has to do
04:21everything is samuel everything is samuel you know that's the lord unto my servant samuel
04:26i wanted to show christine what he was doing to manipulate their minds
04:31samuel i am in holy fucking love with you samuel i am in holy fucking love with you
04:40it just became an absolute drill
04:43just like a mind control technique yeah
04:50in a week's period of time julia went to christine i think three or four times
04:55just crying and sobbing and talking for hours
05:02julia never agreed with giving her daughters especially her minor children
05:08to sam bateman you can grab those kleenexes
05:13she knew it was wrong but she had to obey what the prophet said and what her husband said
05:23bateman also threatened julia that he was going to take her one-year-old son away from her
05:30if she did not obey him
05:39eventually christine asked julia if she wanted to talk to somebody about it and told her about me
05:49julia was terrified of law enforcement but she knew something had to be done and didn't know
05:55what else to do i just want to give back to my god
06:01what else to do i just want to give back to my god
06:03and my true grief i didn't know
06:08and soon thereafter dawn was in town and julia agreed to meet with her
06:17i thought you know this man cannot go on and keep hurting people
06:24and so i went and started telling it all it was very emotional and it was
06:34just the hardest thing to do
06:40julia had information on certain sex acts that occurred and where they occurred what occurred
06:49what happened during those sex acts this is going to get gross
06:56sam bateman chose the people he wanted to be there which would include adults and minor girls
07:05to not get caught by law enforcement sam was taking precautions not to get any of the minor girls
07:12pregnant but having sexual relations with them
07:21he wanted to have people watching him have sex
07:25he wanted other people to be having sex while he was having sex
07:29sometimes he would have uh the fathers having sex with other women with their daughters in the room
07:42sometimes he would have people watching by video
07:47i don't know who was all on video watching it
07:52but you could see us there on the other bed
07:58the goal was to try to teach the young girls how to please sam bateman
08:10it was clear that what i knew before meeting julia was the tip of the iceberg
08:17and it just kept getting worse and worse and worse
08:24julia knew something had to be done
08:27and she was going to help me nail this motherfucker
08:38julia and i were now working with the fbi
08:42julia bless her heart
08:44she was so good about documenting things
08:47she had access to all the identifying information for the wives and for the girls
08:54i've got those birth certificate records
08:57any of them that i want i'll give to them
09:00yeah that's great
09:03she was able to provide a lot of the group communications on signal
09:12i just gave them anything that they asked for
09:16notes i'd made on my phone
09:17pictures on my phone
09:20pictures of people i love so much
09:22my sisters
09:23my daughters
09:27it was very grievous
09:29but i had to do it
09:31but i had to do it
09:32my emotions
09:33my emotions get pressure
09:34wide of my eyelids
09:35because i'm just at the beginnings of what's going to happen
09:40you know
09:41yeah
09:41it's going to be big
09:43like for moroni
09:47julia's husband moroni was still a very strong believer
09:51her
09:52she had to hide
09:53even from him
09:55that she was meeting with me
09:57i tried to delete as much the trail
10:01you know
10:02i double checked my phone
10:04made sure everything was deleted out of cut and paste
10:07everything
10:08if sam sensed anything
10:12or if anybody saw me
10:14going to christine's a lot
10:15or conversating with her
10:19he would question moroni about it
10:23we mostly did it inside
10:26i'd even park in such a way
10:28that you couldn't see that my vehicle was here inside the gate
10:39we were taking evidence in the middle of the night
10:422 33 in the morning
10:43we'd go to a secret location
10:45christine would get out of the car
10:46enter into another car
10:48that's just to exchange evidence
10:52julia and i would come up with ways to keep it hidden
10:57we met at kahuna burger
11:01we met at tropical smoothie
11:04we drove around a lot
11:07i didn't take this and you know have conversation with moroni or anything
11:10because if there's any questioning
11:12the pressure gets on him
11:14you know
11:14yeah
11:15and moroni
11:17is
11:18very obedient to him
11:19okay
11:19he reports everything
11:21he reports everything
11:28sam sensed
11:30that julia was not going with the program
11:34hi
11:34i love you
11:36hi
11:37he knew
11:39i i just wasn't believing all that
11:44that
11:44when you say
11:45i fear
11:46what's happening
11:48something's wrong
11:48and i don't feel good about it
11:50and he would say
11:51fear and faith
11:52cannot remain in the same person at the same time
11:54then you need to go
11:56and you know
11:58humble yourself
11:59because you're giving way to fears
12:22and he's been very concerned
12:27to the point he's turned
12:29he's turned those girls away
12:30to me
12:31from me
12:33and has them entirely convinced
12:37the word he calls me over and over in their minds day after day
12:41which was a word we never ever even used or brought into our vocabulary
12:46was a bitch
12:52he made her stand in front of the group
12:54and confessed that she was a bitch
12:56she had to take on this identity
12:58and say terrible things about herself
13:00and how bad she was
13:03sam was constantly
13:05coming up with stories
13:06to make
13:08all her daughters
13:09believe things about her that were not true
13:12my children hate me
13:21i have it on my path too
13:24julia told me
13:26that sam
13:27was trying to get more and more control over the girls
13:33sam and his group
13:35had two houses
13:37there was a blue house
13:38there was a blue house
13:39that was big and full of bedrooms
13:44at first most people lived in the blue house
13:47but as sam became more sexual
13:50he took all of his wives and their babies
13:53and moved them a couple of blocks away
13:56to the green house
13:58which was a tiny house with only two bedrooms
14:08he took these ladies
14:10and crammed 22 of them into a teeny tiny rundown place
14:21sam had a giant bed
14:23and he extended it with another bed
14:25so they all slept together
14:35he wanted to be completely in his own little corner
14:38and have a full control over him
14:45who we did not allow in the green house
14:47was
14:49julia
14:50and the other male followers
14:54sam was getting more and more jealous
15:01he was so insecure
15:16and he began to find reasons to punish the men
15:22there's principles in our religion
15:25of punishment
15:27if men do wrong
15:29they just get punished
15:30that's all there's to it
15:41they've got to suffer a pain of mind
15:44because they have done wrong
15:45they were lusting after your wives?
15:49they're lusting after my wives
15:51that's adultery
15:52it's the same thing as adultery
15:53it's the second wickedest thing that we know about
16:02sometimes Sam would have the wives
16:05go over to the blue house
16:07for a dinner
16:09and the male followers were not allowed to interact with them
16:13in fact
16:14Moroni had a room in the basement
16:18he was not allowed to eat in the dining room
16:20he was to stay in his room
16:24unless he was working
16:26they're living in the basement
16:28LUT
16:29big smart LUT
16:31he can't leave his room
16:35Sam just turned on them
16:37for no reason
16:38they've given their all
16:40they've given literally their family
16:43their monies, everything
16:44and then they just get turned on
16:48Sam became this controlling monster
16:52over Moroni
16:54and Moroni
16:55just kept obeying Sam
16:58you obey
16:59because there's a certain mind frame
17:02that even I went through
17:04and that is
17:06oh god this has got to be right
17:08because if it's not right
17:12I'm no good
17:13I'm not even worthy to be on this earth
17:18but it's a mind frame that you have to get past
17:21and say
17:23something's wrong
17:27get the girls back
17:28and you're gonna be fine
17:30they need to come home
17:32and they need to get out of that greenhouse
17:35yeah
17:50Julia was able to provide a lot of information that helped solidify the case
17:55we were pushing to get Moroni to search Sam's home
17:59we were hoping we would have something to indict Sam on
18:02so that we could arrest him when we conducted the search warrants
18:06but without a disclosure from an underage victim
18:10the United States Attorney for the District of Arizona would not approve
18:14child sexual abuse charges in order to be able to arrest him
18:22we still needed more evidence against Sam
18:25so we needed Christine to keep playing her part
18:27and staying close to Sam
18:30you know give him a rope and let him hang himself
18:40it's not comfortable living a life that is not real to you
18:47I was so trusted
18:51I mean they named a baby after me
18:57I knew that in order to help them I had to betray them
19:02you were the first wife
19:04I don't look at myself that way because we're all equal
19:08I know I know but you were the first one
19:10you were the courageous one that started this whole thing
19:13it was Heavenly Father
19:15yeah
19:18at times the things Christine had to do truly became ridiculous
19:22I have some new pieces of information
19:24okay
19:25remember how I told you that he thinks that the Queen of England belongs to him
19:30right
19:33well he's been having impressions that he needs to do a music video
19:38it's not for self-aggrandizement
19:39it is for the sole purpose to get the Queen to come over here
19:43because that's the next step in my mission
19:45I don't know why I don't care why
19:48but that's the next thing that needs to happen
19:49and he wants to put it on YouTube
19:52and so somehow it will get to the Queen
19:55and the Queen will come here
19:57and become his wife
20:00so we are going along with everything
20:02see how this is like
20:04this is so...
20:06yeah
20:07like for the background or something
20:12the music video gave us all this time to interact
20:15as we kept gathering evidence
20:17it's called behind the scenes
20:19it's called behind the scenes
20:19when you make a music video it's very common to get behind the scenes
20:26we'll start going at the 2 o'clock or something
20:28okay
20:28go like 2 to 9 should be good
20:31Tolga obviously was the director
20:33I guess you would say that I was the art director
20:37were you thinking this to go behind?
20:40yeah
20:40wondered if we should drink but with like a shoe or something to that
20:43I was working with the girls
20:45we need a better background
20:47let's make an arch with flowers
20:49oh you use pincer weights
20:51that's amazing
20:52I never thought of that
20:54you know what are you going to wear
20:55and really make it seem real
21:09well
21:10that's so beautiful everything turned out to be beautiful
21:13it's pretty strange
21:14yeah let's just have them line up and just see the first shot
21:20can we can you guys line up?
21:31we wanted to show how little the littlest ones were
21:37and one of them was so small
21:41she didn't even fit in the line up
21:43oh wait a minute
21:48no you're fine on the wide shot you're fine
21:51we're going to make her taller now
21:54it's better it shows that she's
21:56yeah
22:00sing it with feeling okay
22:01do you know what I mean by sell it with your face?
22:04like if we want to believe what you're saying
22:07let us see it in your facial expression
22:09okay
22:10and music
22:15so much lies in store
22:19so much lies in store
22:19for the little girl who enters at the gate
22:26if you continue on this path
22:31every promise God has given will come true
22:43you guys really sound good
22:45it's really good
22:47so why is this song important?
22:51it just tells the story of a girl's life in our religion
22:57she's born and she's given a name and a blessing
23:01when she's eight years old she's baptized
23:05then when she's married she pretty much has a rebirth
23:08and goes into her life
23:22it really is like an orchestra the way you work together
23:27I'm very impressed
23:29Emily Paul gets the credit
23:30do you want to take the credit?
23:33no
23:35thank you Emily Paul it's just a good experience
23:43after the video
23:46we offered to take photos
23:48of each woman with Sam
23:54our goal was to get Sam with each of his underage wives
24:04but when it came to the underage girls Sam said
24:08we better not do that because that's how they took Warren Jess down
24:13because they had that photo evidence
24:17and I said of course what was I thinking?
24:22wait one more
24:24got it
24:31I'm waiting and waiting for the FBI to conduct the search warrant
24:38we've been filming Sam for almost a year
24:43we were on pins and needles
24:45when is the arrest gonna happen?
24:52and Julia was panicking
24:55she was living in a swirl of suspicion
25:00can you come with us?
25:03Sam wore a high paranoia
25:07and he
25:09he was watching
25:11I had a conversation with Moroni
25:13was it just you?
25:15yeah it was just me and him
25:17he turned to me and he said
25:20are you having temptations to report Samuel to them all?
25:24what?
25:25he asked me that
25:29Julia was distraught with the situation that she was living in
25:33and we were concerned about the threats that Sam Bateman would make to her and to her daughters
25:43if Sam found out what I was doing with Christine
25:47he will take my children and he will take those people and he will flee
25:53did you end up coming over to my house?
25:55I didn't go to your place
25:57and then I called me and said go for a ride with me
26:01how'd that go?
26:02he drove us up to the cabin
26:05as we got up onto the freeway
26:07he said you need to sign some papers
26:11what?
26:11who said it?
26:12over Nardy and Shep
26:14oh
26:17yeah he said we need to do that
26:19so that Samuel can do with him as he would at once
26:22oh
26:28Sam had been trying to get all of his
26:31wives and children to get passports
26:34there's stuff going on, there's movements
26:37they're buying a plane for a quarter of a million bucks
26:39oh my goodness
26:41he's going to leave any second
26:43he's ready, I mean he's going to go out of town
26:45he's going to take the girls and go
26:47I mean he's getting a plane, hello
26:52even though we did not have enough evidence to arrest Sam on the child sexual assault charges
26:59there was concern as to what he might do
27:01if we did not act quickly, act decisively to alleviate the situation
27:10so we finally made a plan to serve the search warrant the next week
27:16we have a haste out
27:17maybe go over here
27:19maybe they are there
27:19no, they're not here
27:23hi, this is Samuel Bateman
27:27the mailbox is full and cannot accept any messages at this time
27:31goodbye
27:32I'm supposed to meet Sam and the girls but I went to the building they're not there and I went
27:37to the blue house they're not there and I called and his mailbox is full
27:45uh
27:46no, because he's not there
28:12District 2 Units, Havia Central, located southbound 89.
28:17Suspicious vehicle, unknown box trailer full of people, including children inside the vehicle.
28:23Service 292, and there's fingers sticking out the top of the door on the trailer.
28:28Ten-four fingers sticking out the top of the door of the trailer.
28:35232-197.
28:37232-25.
28:41And there's little thing that's coming out of the right door in the trailer.
28:50232-28.
28:53Come over here, please.
28:56I'm going to get that knife off you, sir, okay?
28:59Any other weapons on you?
29:01Stop reaching your pockets.
29:02What's your name, sir?
29:03What's that?
29:04What's your name, sir?
29:05Samuel.
29:05Samuel?
29:06Samuel what?
29:15Okay, you have to identify yourself.
29:19You understand that, right?
29:20Yeah, Samuel Bateman.
29:21Samuel Bateman?
29:23I don't understand.
29:25What are you doing?
29:27Samuel, I just got here.
29:28Explain to me what's going on.
29:32We're out here because there is supposed to be people back.
29:36How many other people in the truck?
29:42How many other people are in the truck?
29:56Open the driver's side door.
30:02Hello?
30:03How many people do we have in here?
30:05Four.
30:06How many people do we have in the truck?
30:09What's the about a car, man?
30:11Man, what's the about a car?
30:14Are there people back here?
30:18What about in the trailer?
30:20How many people are in the trailer?
30:26How many people are in your trailer?
30:29Start walking back there.
30:30Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
30:31With me.
30:32Start walking back there.
30:33They don't need to go in handcuffs.
30:34We just need to get them out of here.
30:42This is the police.
30:43We're going to be opening the door.
30:46I want your hands empty and above your head.
30:50If you do not, you will suffer the consequences.
30:55Where are the hands?
30:56Let's see the hands.
30:58Let's get that other door open.
30:59There's hands sticking out of the top of the trailer earlier.
31:02Let's see them.
31:07Let's see your hands.
31:08They're in the top.
31:09Thank you, Kirk.
31:11Okay.
31:12Keep your hands up for me.
31:14Is there anybody else inside the trailer?
31:16No?
31:16Perfect.
31:21Thank you, guys.
31:22Just head back there with your siblings, okay?
31:28Go ahead and head back there with them, okay?
31:30Thank you so much.
31:42At this point, he's detained right now.
31:44He's in stock.
31:46No, ma'am.
31:47No.
31:47You're not going to decide the outcome of this.
31:49We will decide, and we'll let you know how everything's going to happen here, okay?
31:55Sound okay?
32:01A 14-year-old, she had a ring on her ring finger.
32:04She had a ring on her finger.
32:06They've all kind of, like, hidden those.
32:08And you were nailed.
32:11The one in the red dress he's talking to is basically the ring leader.
32:16She's basically telling them all not to talk.
32:20We need to talk to parents, either whether they come here and pick them up or we get them
32:24on the phone.
32:24So, we'd like to call and actually talk to the parents for all the juveniles.
32:32I got a call from one of my daughters saying, hey, we've been stopped.
32:39And three of the young girls were in the trailer.
32:41So, I just want to make sure that you are, do you know where your daughters are right now?
32:49Yes, I do.
32:50Okay.
32:51I knew that the FBI was coming.
32:54And I was under such carefulness at the time.
32:59I had to just play it on, or it would have blown apart everything we'd done so far.
33:06And you're aware of who they're with?
33:07I believe his name's Samuel?
33:10Yes.
33:11Okay.
33:12And so, it was greed that my underage daughters could be there.
33:16But I also got the officer's information and a phone number.
33:20And then I contacted FBI.
33:24Julia was frantic because Sam was possibly being arrested.
33:29My biggest thing was, hold on.
33:31Do you have information?
33:32Can I get a hold of this person?
33:33I didn't want our case to be blown.
33:36And luckily, Julia had gotten the trooper's information.
33:42Hi.
33:43Hi.
33:43So, the trooper charged three felonies, which means Sam should be held at least until tomorrow
33:49morning.
33:49So, we do want to keep him there?
33:51Is that what we want?
33:53The longer he stays in, the better it is for me.
33:55But, um, we're still having a lot of discussions about that, so...
33:59Hey, listen.
34:00One of the girls down the other line.
34:02Do you want me to...
34:03Do you want to mute your phone and I'll three-way and talk to her and you can listen?
34:07Sure.
34:07Okay.
34:09Hi.
34:10What's...
34:11You know, I got the...
34:12No, everything's gonna be okay, but I'm sorry.
34:14I just have to cry.
34:16It's okay.
34:16You can cry.
34:19It's okay.
34:20Hey, this is a traumatizing experience.
34:23What's happening?
34:24What's happening?
34:25I feel like I'm in a battlefield and don't let it go.
34:29Oh, my goodness.
34:31This is such a scary situation.
34:33Remember, these people don't even know who Samuel is.
34:35This has nothing to do with your mission or with his calling.
34:44Nothing like that.
34:45This is really just about having the girls in the back of the truck.
34:49So, let's remember to not give it bigger meaning than it really has.
34:57And...
34:58I think I was.
34:59Yeah.
35:00So, okay.
35:01So, I'll call you back when I learn more.
35:04Okay.
35:05Okay, thanks.
35:06Thank you so much.
35:07Love you.
35:07Bye-bye.
35:10Okay.
35:11Very good.
35:12Very good.
35:13You do so well with them.
35:15Oh, I didn't know.
35:16I didn't know if I had to grade myself, if I would give myself an A.
35:20Probably not.
35:21Anyway.
35:22The thing is, it's gonna get media.
35:23It's gonna get all kinds of things.
35:25You know?
35:26Right.
35:27I mean, I'm not sure.
35:28And that's what I don't want.
35:28Yeah.
35:31Now, tonight, the leader of a small polygamous sect
35:34in northern Arizona facing several charges
35:36after law enforcement found him transporting
35:39several young girls inside a trailer in Flagstaff.
35:43That man's still behind bars tonight.
35:45He pleaded not guilty.
35:47The media got interested in the story,
35:50and the girls were afraid for their safety.
35:54If a lot of you show up in your FLDS dresses,
35:57the question would be whether that would create media you don't want.
36:02Yeah, I guess we don't want to fly on the video list.
36:05We can't even fly.
36:07Does anybody have any Gentile clothes?
36:11No, but we can figure out how to get them.
36:15The question is, what kind of Gentile do you want to be?
36:18A modest Gentile?
36:20A badass Gentile?
36:21I don't want to be a Gentile.
36:24Yeah, look at that.
36:25That one's perfect, because it's like a shirt dress.
36:28What about something like that with, like, a T underneath?
36:31Sure.
36:32Something that kind of hangs down, but not, like, a dress.
36:37Oh, if I'm going to go to home.
36:41You can talk.
36:50They took us to the trailer, and they explained what happened.
36:55It's quite a bit different than what, but you can kind of look.
36:57There's two chairs, two big chairs in the back.
37:00Camping staff.
37:00Oh, yeah, okay.
37:02Oh, and that's your bathroom.
37:03It was obvious that this was a system that they had used before
37:07to transport these children.
37:10I want your hands.
37:12Empty, and above your head.
37:17Later, finding out that the trailer doors weren't secure,
37:21and that's how somebody even knew they were in there.
37:23It's because they reached to hold those doors shut,
37:26because they started coming unlatched.
37:29Yeah, that's how much.
37:31The slightest thing had gone wrong.
37:33Those girls had been flung onto the freeway.
37:35The thought is sickening.
37:39Togan and I are in Flagstaff.
37:41How are you feeling?
37:44It's really nuts.
37:46I feel crazy sick to my stomach.
37:47Anyway, we're going to go.
37:50We're going to pick up the profit from jail.
37:55Torrance is coming in from the crick with $150,000.
38:01No joke.
38:04Cash, bond, whatever cash, bail.
38:08Okay.
38:08I'm going to take two of the girls with us.
38:12Okay, I'll be back.
38:15Oh, crap.
38:18An inmate at Poconville County Jail.
38:22T is over there with the bail money.
38:25In about 10 minutes or so.
38:28We'll see you in not very long.
38:31No, thank you.
38:33Bye.
38:33We'll need you.
38:34Bye.
38:37We are driving out of Flagstaff with Father today.
38:43How do you like being a Gentile for 15 minutes?
38:45It's nice to kind of fit in every once in a while, just like nobody.
38:48No, not to fit in.
38:50It's just doing it for him.
38:52I don't want to fit in.
38:53So I'm actually extremely comfortable living like I am.
38:59Not like this, but like, I don't care what they think.
39:03Yeah.
39:03Like, because like, in our minds, we're celebrities.
39:07Right.
39:08We're different.
39:09We're...
39:09Right.
39:13We've chosen to live higher standards.
39:16So all it shows people is that we're living higher standards because we love God and the prophets.
39:37She's doing the paperwork to get the bond.
39:39Biggest bail she's ever seen in this county.
39:43That's cash.
39:45Wow.
39:46Yeah.
39:46What you here for?
39:47You want a friend like this?
39:49I'm here to find our friend.
39:52And get him.
39:53That's right.
39:54Our dear, dear friend.
40:15We really didn't want Sam to be released.
40:18It was just not something that we could prevent.
40:21We worked with it.
40:22We worked with it.
40:26No, we took your phone.
40:29We're putting it into evidence.
40:30Please, what's happening?
40:32One mail.
40:33Your phone will be at the Department of Public Safety here in Flagstaff at the crime lab.
40:39Hello.
40:43Sam posted bail.
41:00Sam got in our car and immediately started committing crimes.
41:07What I'm wondering is, is there a way to factory reset at home?
41:17Stole my phone with the longest.
41:19I don't know anything wrong with me.
41:21It has your life story on it.
41:23Well, wherever you were busted with, they take it, make it evidence.
41:26There might not be anything in it, but you just...
41:28It has your life story on it.
41:31What do you mean?
41:32And then I'll just say...
41:33Is there anything bad in there?
41:36Can you shut down the signal?
41:38I can't.
41:39Yeah.
41:40I can't.
41:41Oh.
41:48It's, uh...
41:51Oh, my God.
42:09What are you doing?
42:11I'm not seeing you.
42:18When Sam was arrested, it sort of confirms to his wives that he's a prophet because he's
42:23being persecuted.
42:27So, they felt honored.
42:29I mean, this was like being part of biblical history.
42:36I want to tell you something.
42:38Going to prison is not a big deal.
42:39It's like cancer.
42:41But when Heavenly Father takes away his spirit from me, that's when it gets serious.
42:51Okay, we're going to take off.
42:52We're glad you're out.
42:54Call us if you need anything.
42:56Love you guys.
42:57Take care.
43:05I couldn't film anymore.
43:07I couldn't do it anymore.
43:08I couldn't see any more of their love and their, you know, I mean, they're crying.
43:11They love him.
43:13Just imagining how much they're going to hate us, you know, how much they love us and trust
43:18us and the whole thing just, when he was talking about, um, deleting, I mean, his phone.
43:28Yeah.
43:29I filmed that.
43:30Oh, good.
43:31I was sitting on the back and I filmed them saying, well, maybe we can factory reset.
43:35We've got to get that.
43:36Yeah.
43:37You know, I sent it.
43:50So, have you all kind of calmed down and you feel okay now after all that experience?
43:54It's just weird.
43:57The whole thing's weird.
43:58It's almost like they changed it from a misdemeanor to a felony.
44:02I just have to wonder if they might have had something to do with, like, the police from
44:07here knew something.
44:08Let me call them.
44:09Is there a way to do that?
44:10No, they probably, it probably showed up in the, it probably showed up in the police
44:14record.
44:14Okay.
44:15They might have called and said, hey, what happened with you guys?
44:17Yeah, I didn't know.
44:19After the Flagstaff arrest, he just knew, like, something was up.
44:24So, we were like, you got to just calm down.
44:28I don't think it's going to be a big deal.
44:30If we worry about it, it'll track us.
44:32Yeah, literally, if we worry about it, it's going to happen.
44:33I just, I don't trust the government at all.
44:36I just don't think you have anything to worry about.
44:42Sam felt like he was being targeted by law enforcement.
44:45But at that point, I think he believed that it was strictly local law enforcement after
44:50him.
44:51He was still unaware that there was any federal investigation against him.
44:55He didn't know that his phone was in federal custody at that time, where they were looking
45:00for additional evidence.
45:02The crazy thing is that Sam's phone was not the treasure trove of evidence that I was hoping
45:07for.
45:08He did not have inappropriate photos of the girls.
45:12He did not have inappropriate conversations with the girls, to a large extent.
45:17Nothing definitive for crimes.
45:20But it was when he was released from jail, he was trying to factory reset his entire phone.
45:25Christine was able to surreptitiously record that.
45:29Is there a way to factory reset?
45:31And that evidence allowed us to bring federal obstruction of justice charges against Sam.
45:40We finally had what we needed for the arrest of Sam Bateman.
45:45Hey, anything else you need to talk about?
45:47Can I film the prayer room, get a tour of the prayer room?
45:50Yeah, of course.
45:53The FBI was planning a big raid that involved 50 FBI agents from around different states.
46:04The FBI said, film everything.
46:06This is coming from...
46:08They want to see the entrance from inside the house.
46:12You know, where the cars are.
46:17We had to go in prepared for the worst.
46:21Do they keep their doors locked or unlocked?
46:24Locked.
46:25Okay.
46:27They're under strict orders never to open the door to law enforcement.
46:33We won't stand out there for probably even five minutes.
46:37It usually doesn't take us long to open the door ourselves.
46:40I was shaky, because I didn't know if there would be violence.
46:47Julia had had concerns about guns.
46:50Did you guys take the gun from Mariah's closet?
46:53Is that still there?
46:55I believe that they had access to some rifles for hunting.
46:58You guys have guns?
46:59No.
47:02We failed.
47:04Yes, it must be yes.
47:07There had been reports that Sam had taken some of the girls out to practice shooting
47:11with handguns, so the reports were there that it was a potential.
47:17They told me, they looked me in the eye, they said,
47:20if anything happens to Father Samuel, that they will kill,
47:24and they will level the state with violence.
47:39Oh, I know.
47:42He has essentially complete control over her mind.
48:07It was one of the most beautiful things I'd ever witnessed,
48:10and we could fill Heavenly Father's square.
48:15He wants our whole heart,
48:18and we cannot tie it to anything on this earth more than God.
48:23I do this cheerfully,
48:25and there is zero resistance,
48:28because I will obey.
48:45I believe he was my only way
48:49to heaven,
48:51back to God.
48:52If he held the keys to my salvation,
48:57anything I did
48:58would damn me.
48:59if he didn't approve of it.
49:05This world's going to change.
49:06The Lord is going to use me to change this world.
49:09So I was going to be submissive
49:11and obedient,
49:14becoming the perfect wife.
49:15I mean, why did our Savior hang on the cross
49:17and spill blood?
49:18Because blood is an atoning principle.
49:21I became a master
49:23at gauging how
49:25he wanted me to respond,
49:27and that was how I would respond.
49:30I promise there'll be men
49:32who beg
49:33to have their blood spilled.
49:35And then eventually,
49:37I would do
49:39whatever he wanted.
49:43you know what the hell's going on and
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