Ex-husband of teen bride could face trial in Utah
Posted by at 15 August, 2008, 12:37 pmSource: KXAN.com
The ex-husband of a teen bride who helped convict polygamous church leader Warren Jeffs on counts of rape by accomplice — could face trial.
Allen Glade Steed is charged in Utah with one count of first-degree felony rape for his sexual relationship with Elissa Wall after the couple married in a 2001 religious ceremony.
She was 14 and he was 19, and both were members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
Steed attorney Jim Bradshaw says plea negotiations recently ended with no agreement.
A hearing is October 22nd to determine if prosecutors have enough evidence for a trial.
If convicted, Steed could spend the rest of his life in prison.
He didn’t immediately comment.
Jeffs has also been indicted in Texas on sexual assault charges for an alleged relationship with an underage bride in 2006.
The Associated Press does not generally identify people who say they were sexually assaulted, but Wall has spoken publicly and published a nationally distributed book, “Stolen Innocence.”
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