Age, Biography and Wiki
Warren Jeffs was born on December 3, 1955, making him 69 years old as of 2025. He is best known for his role as the leader of the FLDS, a breakaway sect from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Jeffs's life has been marked by legal issues and controversies related to the practice of polygamy and child marriages within the FLDS.
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| Date of Birth | 3 December 1955 |
| Age | 69 Years |
| Birth Place | Sacramento, California, U.S. |
| Horoscope | Sagittarius |
| Country | U.S |
Height, Weight & Measurements
Publicly available information on Warren Jeffs's height, weight, and other physical measurements is not readily accessible.
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Dating & Relationship Status
Warren Jeffs's personal life is highly intricate due to his involvement in polygamous relationships. However, specific details about his current relationship status are not available, as his personal life is overshadowed by his legal and religious activities.
Warren grew up outside of Salt Lake City, Utah. In 1976, the year he turned 21, Warren Jeffs became principal of Alta Academy, an FLDS private school at the mouth of Little Cottonwood Canyon. He served as school principal for twenty years and was known for being "a stickler for the rules and for discipline." Warren's father Rulon Jeffs became the President of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS Church) in 1986 and had nineteen or twenty wives and approximately 60 children. Warren went on to have, according to former church members, 78 wives.
Prior to his father's death in 2002, Jeffs held the position of counselor to the church leader. Jeffs became Rulon's successor with his official title in the FLDS Church becoming "President and Prophet, Seer and Revelator" as well as "President of the Priesthood". The Revelator was the head of the organization of all adult male church members who were deemed worthy to hold the priesthood, a tradition carried on in the Latter Day Saint movement.
Following Rulon's death, Jeffs told the high-ranking FLDS officials, "I won't say much, but I will say this – hands off my father's wives." When addressing his father's widows he said, "You women will live as if Father is still alive and in the next room." Within a week he had married all but two of his father's wives; one refused to marry Jeffs and was subsequently prohibited from ever marrying again, while the other, Rebecca Wall, fled the FLDS compound. Naomi Jessop, one of the first of Rulon's former wives to marry Jeffs, subsequently became his favorite wife and confidant. As the sole individual in the FLDS Church with the authority to perform marriages, Jeffs was responsible for assigning wives to husbands. He also had the authority to discipline male church members by "reassigning their wives, children and homes to another man."
Jeffs formally resigned as President of the FLDS Church effective November 20, 2007. In an email to the Deseret News, Jeffs's attorneys made the following statements: "Mr. Jeffs has asked that the following statement be released to the media and to members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints: Mr. Jeffs resigned as President of the Corporation of the President of The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Inc." The statement did not address his ecclesiastical position as prophet of the FLDS Church, and many in the FLDS communities still regard him as the prophet and their current leader. There are also reports that Jeffs admitted his position of prophet in the FLDS Church was a usurpation in a conversation to his brother, and declared that "Brother William E. Jessop has been the prophet since [my] Father's passing", though Jeffs's attorneys have claimed he misspoke. In early 2011, Jeffs retook legal control of the denomination.
On August 28, 2006, around 9 p.m. PDT, Jeffs was pulled over on Interstate 15 in Clark County, Nevada, by highway trooper Eddie Dutchover because the temporary license plates on his red 2007 Cadillac Escalade were not visible. One of Jeffs's wives, Naomi Jessop, and his brother Isaac were with him. Jeffs possessed four computers, sixteen cell phones, disguises (including three wigs and twelve pairs of sunglasses), and more than $55,000 in cash. Jeffs's wife and brother were questioned and released.
Jeffs's trial began on September 11, 2007, in St. George, Utah, with Judge James L. Shumate presiding. Jeffs was housed in Utah's Purgatory Correctional Facility in solitary confinement for the duration. At the culmination of the trial, on September 25, Jeffs was found guilty of two counts of being an accomplice to rape. He was sentenced to prison for ten years to life and began serving his sentence at the Utah State Prison. On July 27, 2010, the Utah Supreme Court, citing deficient jury instructions, reversed Jeffs's convictions and ordered a new trial. The court found that the trial judge should have told the jury that Jeffs could not be convicted unless it could be proved that he intended for Elissa's husband to engage in nonconsensual sex with her. Elissa subsequently wrote an autobiography on her experiences in the FLDS Church and with Jeffs entitled Stolen Innocence. The book was co-authored with former New York Times journalist Lisa Pulitzer.
* Jeffs, Rachel (2017). Breaking Free: How I Escaped Polygamy, the FLDS Cult, and My Father, Warren Jeffs. Harper. ISBN 978-0062670526. Memoir of the daughter of Warren Jeffs, who escaped from the secretive polygamist Mormon fundamentalist cult run by her family.
* Jeffs, Rachel (2017). Breaking Free: How I Escaped Polygamy, the FLDS Cult, and My Father, Warren Jeffs. Harper. ISBN 978-0062670526. Memoir of the daughter of Warren Jeffs, who escaped from the secretive polygamist Mormon fundamentalist cult run by her family.
* On April 26, 2022, Peacock aired a documentary series called Preaching Evil: A Wife on the Run With Warren Jeffs which documented Jeffs rise to power, told from the perspective of Jeffs's favored wife and scribe, Naomie.
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| Husband | 78 including Naomi Jeffs (née Jessop) |
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Net Worth and Salary
Warren Jeffs's net worth has significantly diminished due to asset seizures and financial penalties. Currently, his net worth is estimated to be between $1 and under reports of substantial financial liabilities. Notably, he owes $152 million to victims of sex abuse.
Career, Business and Investments
Warren Jeffs's career is primarily defined by his leadership role in the FLDS. He has been involved in organizing polygamous marriages and has faced numerous legal challenges for his actions. His business and investment activities are limited by his current incarcerated status and the legal restrictions imposed upon him.
The death of Rulon and Jeffs's ascension to the leadership position caused a split in the FLDS Church between Jeffs's followers and the followers of Winston Blackmore, the long-time bishop of the Bountiful, British Columbia group of the FLDS Church. More than half of the Canadian branch members left the FLDS Church to stay with Blackmore as their leader, and Jeffs excommunicated Blackmore in September 2002.
Social Network
Warren Jeffs does not have an active social media presence, given his imprisonment and the nature of his convictions.
In January 2004, Jeffs expelled a group of twenty men from the Short Creek Community, including the mayor, and reassigned their wives and children to other men in the community. Jeffs, like his predecessors, continued the standard FLDS and Mormon fundamentalist tenet that faithful men must follow what is known as the doctrine of plural marriage in order to attain exaltation in the afterlife. Jeffs specifically taught that a devoted church member is expected to have at least three wives in order to get into heaven, and the more wives a man has, the closer he is to heaven.
* On April 9, 2012, the National Geographic Channel aired a 45-minute documentary, I Escaped a Cult, about three ex-members of religious cults. One story featured Brent W. Jeffs, nephew of Jeffs, whose testimony was critical in getting Jeffs convicted.
* On January 22, 2017, Investigation Discovery aired Jeffs's story in season 2, episode 3 of the original series Evil Lives Here in an episode entitled "My Brother, The Devil." It was told from the point of view of Jeffs's brother Wallace and nephew Brent.
Education
Details about Warren Jeffs's formal education are not extensively documented, but he has been a prominent figure in the FLDS since taking over its leadership.
In summary, Warren Jeffs's life is marked by controversy and legal issues, significantly impacting his net worth and career prospects. His role as a cult leader and his engagement in illegal activities have led to severe financial and social consequences.
In a Nevada court hearing on August 31, Jeffs waived any challenge to extradition and agreed to be returned to Utah to face two first-degree felony charges of accomplice rape. Each charge carries an indeterminate penalty of five years to life in prison. Arizona prosecutors were next in line to try Jeffs. He was held in the Washington County jail, pending an April 23, 2007 trial on two counts of rape, as an accomplice for his role in arranging the marriage between Elissa Wall and her first cousin.
