John Daniel Kingston
Paul eldon kingston, the leader of utahs polygamous kingston group, also known is the order, is named as a defendant in a bombshell lawsuit alleging sex trafficking. John daniel kingston, who according to court testimony once had 14 wives, was on hand in 2011, when his sons held an open house at the washakie production plant in plymouth near interstate 15 and. The kingstons are a polygamous group that broke away from the lds church in the 1920s and claim to have received a new dispensation of the gospel in 1935. They practice plural marriage, consecration, and inbreeding, and have a cooperative system of businesses and farms. Salt lake city federal prosecutors have asked a judge to seize dozens of properties tied to the kingston polygamous family and impose a $511 million monetary judgment against former washakie.
When prompted to name the children from just three of his wives, kingston struggled and at one point asked the judge, i think i named them all, didn't i?
John Daniel Shelburne | Duke Department of Pathology
