When we first met Sister Wives stars Kody, Meri, Janelle, Christine, and Robyn Brown, the polygamist family was happily living in Lehi, Ut. Under threat of prosecution for bigamy, however, they decamped to Las Vegas in Season 2. And now it seems like Kody and his four wives might never get to live in Utah again, now that the United States Supreme Court has opted not to hear the case they started with a 2011 lawsuit. Here's the backstory on Brown v. Buhman… The day after Sister Wives' September 2010 series premiere, police in Lehi announced they were investigating the Brown family for bigamy, and the following month, they presented their findings to the Utah County Attorney. Granted, Kody is only legally married to one woman, but Utah state code asserts that bigamy is identified through cohabitation, not legal marriage contracts. Then, in July 2011, the Browns filed a complaint against Utah Governor Gary Herbert,...
- 3/31/2018
- by Dan Clarendon
- In Touch Weekly
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