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May 8, 2020 · They have two children together, Kyle and Natalia. She has even mentioned him in the dedication page of her book: “I also dedicate this book to Ben Musser, whom I’ve watched become a most incredible and loving father.”. The couple, however, got divorced later but Rebecca Musser still continues to keep his surname.
Feb 22, 2023 · According to reports, Musser is now a divorced mother-of-two residing with her children in Idaho. Wednesday's episode of Dateline: Secrets Uncovered, titled Unbreakable, is slated to...
Jun 14, 2022 · Yes—she married her grandson Ben Musser after she escaped the church with him. He is the biological grandson of Rulon and one of Rebecca's sister-wives.
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- Rebecca grew up in a polygamous household. Expand Tweet. Rebecca Musser was born into the family of FLDS member Lloyd Wall in 1976 in Salt Lake City, Utah, who at the time of her birth already had two wives.
- At the age of 19, she was forced to marry the then-president of FLDS, Rulon Jeffs. When Rebecca Musser turned 19 in 1995, she discovered that Rulon Jeffs, the church's then-president, had a "divine inspiration" that she was to become his 19th wife.
- Rebecca Musser refused to remarry Rulon Jeffs' son after his death and escaped. Rulon Jeffs presided over the FLDS from 1986 until his death at the age of 92 in 2000 after which one of his sons, Warren Jeffs, succeeded him and took over the church.
- A few years later, Musser became the state's star witness in Warren Jeffs' trial. In August 2006, Warren Jeffs was arrested when the church's custom of getting minors married to older men came to light.
- She Was One Wife of Rulon Jeffs. As a member of the polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS), Musser grew up believing that the purpose of a woman was to get married and she was forced into marriage at 19 years old.
- Musser Escaped By Scaling a Wall. One night after Rulon died, Musser decided she had had enough and it was time to escape. According to the Daily Mail, she used the cover of darkness to hide her escape.
- She Founded ClaimRED. Musser founded Claim Red Foundation in August 2013. The organization is a nonprofit organization aiming to inspire people to claim their human rights, provide education on the mechanisms of manipulation, abuse and control.
- Musser Wrote a Book About Her Story. Musser, along with M. Bridget Cook, wrote The Witness Wore Red: The 19th Wife Who Brought Polygamous Cult Leaders to Justice.
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Rebecca Musser ( née Wall, formerly Jeffs; born 1976) is an American author and activist. She was a wife of the late Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints prophet Rulon Jeffs and escaped the compound before bringing legal proceedings against the church.
