{"id":9320,"date":"2014-07-11T17:49:47","date_gmt":"2014-07-11T21:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=9320"},"modified":"2014-07-11T17:49:47","modified_gmt":"2014-07-11T21:49:47","slug":"polygamist-wife-escapes-terror-of-cult-leader-in-memoir-the-witness-wore-red","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2014\/07\/polygamist-wife-escapes-terror-of-cult-leader-in-memoir-the-witness-wore-red.html","title":{"rendered":"Polygamist Wife Escapes Terror of Cult Leader in Memoir, ‘The Witness Wore Red’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"thw-witness-wore-red-rebecca-musser-\"<\/a>The Witness Wore Red<\/em> is a riveting, harrowing tale of Rebecca Musser, who fled a polygamist cult and their leader, Warren Jeffs.<\/p>\n

Raised in the Fundamentalist Church of the Latter Day Saints (FLDS), a sect of the Mormon Church, Musser shares the sexual and emotional abuse she suffered since childhood and the forced marriage to 85-year-old Rulon Jeffs in her late teens.<\/p>\n

Following his death seven years later, his son, Warren Jeffs would impose a terrifying level of control over the FLDS that was palpable but hard to dismantle, exploiting the wives (67) of his father.<\/p>\n

Musser\u2019s testimony is a nightmarish telling of a culture that she not only lived through, but escaped. Her courage resulted in the arrest and conviction of Jeffs, who was charged with multiple accounts of sexual assault.<\/p>\n

A recent Lifetime film, Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs<\/em>, centers on his rise and fall in the FLDS church. Jeff is played by Scandal<\/em> actor, Tony Goldwyn. Catch a clip of the movie below:<\/p>\n