Teresa Jeffs, 16, daughter of jailed leader Warren S. Jeffs, plays on the family trampoline in 2008. She was reportedly “sealed ” or married in a religious ceremony to Raymond Jeffs, 38, who was later sentenced to ten years in prison for sexual assault. Texas state law holds that unmarried girls under age 18 cannot give consent.

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