Nationality American Siblings Warren Jeffs | Known for FLDS involvement | |
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Born January 17, 1960 (age 57) ( 1960-01-17 ) Spouse Charlene Wall Jeffs (m. ?–2015) Parents Rulon Jeffs, Marilyn Steed Similar | ||
Lyle Jeffs is the brother of Warren Jeffs and a bishop in the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, commonly referred to as the FLDS Church. He has been referred to as his brother's "special counselor" in some church documents.
Jeffs was the FLDS bishop for both Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Arizona. According to The Salt Lake Tribune, he was removed from office in 2012.
Jeffs is also the uncle of author and ex-FLDS member Brent W. Jeffs and son of Rulon Jeffs.
Legal issues
On April 9, 2015, U.S. District Judge David Sam held Lyle Jeffs in contempt of court. In 2012 the United States Department of Labor began an investigation into the role of the FLDS Church and Jeffs in suspected child labor violations. A CNN report claimed that children were used to harvest nuts at the Southern Utah Pecan Ranch in 2012. Judge Sam ruled that Lyle Jeffs disobeyed subpoenas requiring them to answer questions from Labor Department investigators.
On April 20, 2015, the U.S. Department of Labor assessed fines totaling $1.96 million against a group of FLDS church members, including Lyle Jeffs, for alleged labor violations during the church's 2012 pecan harvest at an orchard near Hurricane, Utah.
Jeffs allegedly escaped house arrest in June 2016 by slipping out of an FBI ankle bracelet.