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Lawyer: Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs has mental breakdown
Source: Associated Press
Lawyer: Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs has mental breakdown
By BRADY McCOMBS
August 12, 2019
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Imprisoned polygamist leader Warren Jeffs has suffered a mental breakdown and isn’t fit to give a deposition in a sex abuse case against him, according to a recent court filing.
Forcing Jeffs to testify would be “futile,” said lawyers representing a community trust that once belonged to a polygamous sect run by Jeffs on the Utah-Arizona border.
The trust and Jeffs were sued in 2017 by a woman who says she was sexually abused by Jeffs when she was a child.
“The trust has received reports that Warren Jeffs has suffered a mental breakdown, and there seems to be a high likelihood that Warren Jeffs is not mentally competent to provide admissible testimony,” lawyer Zachary Shields wrote in the July 8 filing.
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By BRADY McCOMBS
August 12, 2019
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Imprisoned polygamist leader Warren Jeffs has suffered a mental breakdown and isn’t fit to give a deposition in a sex abuse case against him, according to a recent court filing.
Forcing Jeffs to testify would be “futile,” said lawyers representing a community trust that once belonged to a polygamous sect run by Jeffs on the Utah-Arizona border.
The trust and Jeffs were sued in 2017 by a woman who says she was sexually abused by Jeffs when she was a child.
“The trust has received reports that Warren Jeffs has suffered a mental breakdown, and there seems to be a high likelihood that Warren Jeffs is not mentally competent to provide admissible testimony,” lawyer Zachary Shields wrote in the July 8 filing.
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Read more: https://apnews.com/e97ea150fa9247978e6e9eafd5ecb848
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