U.S. court releases audio sex tapes of convicted rapist Warren Jeffs

U.S. court releases audio sex tapes of convicted rapist Warren Jeffs

2011-08-13 14:05:34 GMT+7 (ICT)

TEXAS (BNO NEWS) -- A Texas court has released the disturbing audiotapes of polygamist leader Warren Jeffs in which he can be heard training the girls, who he claimed were his "spiritual wives", to have sex with him.

The tapes, which were obtained by many media outlets including CNN, contain what prosecutors say is evidence of Jeffs instructing underage girls to have sex with him. Several times, the 55-year-old refers to having sexual relations with him as "heavenly sessions," and he instructed the young ladies that they also "must assist each other" during these sessions.

"You have to know how to be excited sexually," Jeffs said. "The Lord has intended that my ladies, all of my ladies be trained."

The audiotapes were key pieces of evidence in the trial of the head of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Last week, a Texas jury sentenced Jeffs to life in prison for aggravated sexual assault of a 12-year-old girl and 20 years in prison for the sexual assault on a 15-year-old girl.

Authorities seized the audiotapes from the polygamous sect leader's car and the church's Yearning For Zion Ranch compound in Eldorado, Texas.

Jeffs was put on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list in May 2006 for allegedly arranging illegal marriages between his adult male followers and underage girls. In 2007, he was sentenced to imprisonment for 10 years to life in Utah, but Utah's Supreme Court reversed the conviction in 2010.

He was then extradited to Texas, where he was found guilty of sexual assault and aggravated sexual assault of children.

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