The self-proclaimed leader of a new polygamous sect on the Utah-Arizona border has used prison phones to talk sexually with underage girls.
from the homes they had been places in by the Arizona Department of Child Services.
Before the girls were removed from the homes, though, U.S. attorneys say, Bateman was able to reach three of them by phone and had sexual discussions with them. He did so, according to the court filings, by calling his adult wives who then patched the girls through, which violates not only the order for him not to speak to the girls but also prison rules not to allow third parties on phone calls.
Later, he spoke to a 16-year-old girl and repeated some of the same things, telling her he loved her and calling her by his last name. The following day, he spoke to another 16-year-old girl with the same message. Following that, U.S. attorneys restricted Bateman from contacting any of the minors he considered his brides. That was upheld by the judge.
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