A new Netflix docuseries, Trust Me: The False Prophet, pulls back the curtain on an incredible true story. Ten years ago, Christine Marie, an expert in cult psychology, and her husband, music video producer Tolga Katas, embarked on a road trip from their Las Vegas home to the remote community of Colorado City, Arizona. Their mission was pretty extraordinary.
Per People Magazine, they wanted to live among and befriend members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (FLDS). At the time, this cult-like group, notorious for its practice of illegal polygamy, was in serious disarray. Its leader, the self-described prophet Warren Jeffs, along with several male followers, was in prison for having sex with underage “wives.”
