By the time Carolyn Jessop was 18 years old, she had been coerced into an arranged marriage with a stranger who was 32 years older. Merrill Jessop already had three wives when he and Carolyn got married, but their relationship wasn't uncommon because she was part of the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints, a cult run by recently convicted Warren Jeffs.
Jessop, who was born and raised in the group, escaped with her eight children after 17 years of marriage. She then became the first woman ever granted full custody of her children in a contested suit involving the FLDS.
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