Jason Williams




Jason Williams
Jason Williams believed that his ex-wife Suzanne was brainwashed by Rulon Jeffs to divorce him and become the second plural wife of another church member. He filed alienation of affection lawsuits against the FLDS church, but a Utah court dismissed his suit three times. Jason Williams claimed his former wife was counseled by Jeffs and other "elders of the church" to leave their Colorado City, Ariz., home and divorce him. Read the tragic story of Jason's fight against having his beloved wife taken away from him. There used to be many more articles about Jason's tragic story, but the Salt Lake Tribune made us remove them.


Polygamist church sued for breaking up marriage
The Associated Press Provo Daily Herald Originally published May 6, 1999
ST. GEORGE (AP) - A man who claims a polygamous church persuaded his wife and children to leave him has sued it and its leaders for $10 million. Jason Miles Williams claims he was forced out of his Colorado City, Ariz., home last December. He contends Rulon Jeffs, leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and Jeffs' son Warren coerced his wife, Suzanne, to leave his family because "she had no chance of salvation if she were to remain married" to Williams. The Jeffs then told Williams "he had no right to have a family and the only way to get back into the church was to sign over full custody of (his two) minor children to their mother and become re-baptized," he claims in a lawsuit filed Tuesday in St. George's 5th District Court. Seeking damages Williams seeks damages for alienation of affection and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Read more


Judge OKs suit saying church stole wife
The Associated Press Provo Daily Herald Originally published August 20, 1999
ST. GEORGE (AP) -- A judge has denied motions to dismiss the lawsuit of a man who claims a polygamous church persuaded his wife and children to leave him. Jason Miles Williams, 24, claims he was forced out of his Colorado City, Ariz., home last December. He contends Rulon Jeffs, leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and Jeffs' son, Warren, coerced his wife, Suzanne, to leave his family because "she had no chance of salvation if she were to remain married" to Williams. Fifth District Judge James L. Shumate will to allow Williams' complaint to go forward, The Spectrum reported in a copyright story Thursday. Williams seeks $10 million in damages for alienation of affection and intentional infliction of emotional distress. His wife has filed for divorce in Mohave County, Ariz., citing irreconcilable differences. The lawsuit names others besides Jeffs, including his son, Warren Jeffs, a leader in the church, and Lester Johnson, the man Suzanne reportedly married. Read more


IN THE UTAH COURT OF APPEALS
FILED July 5, 2002
Jason Miles Williams and John Does 1-5, Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. Rulon Jeffs, et al., Defendants and Appellees. OPINION Case No. 20010078-CA Read more

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