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	Sex-Abuse Lawsuit against 2 of Jeffs' Brothers Dropped Associated Press, carried in AZCentral.com April 15, 2006 http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0415polygamist0415.html SALT LAKE CITY - Two brothers of fugitive polygamist leader Warren Jeffs have been dropped from a sexual-abuse lawsuit because they have gone through bankruptcy proceedings. Third District Judge Stephen Roth on Monday dismissed Leslie B. Jeffs and Blaine B. Jeffs from the lawsuit, which also names Warren Jeffs, the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and the church's property arm, the United Effort Plan Trust. Brent Jeffs, now 23, a nephew of the three men, filed suit in July 2004 alleging that Warren Jeffs sodomized him and the other two men watched and participated in the abuse in the late 1980s. He said they told him the actions were a way to make him a man. Brent Jeffs, who was around 5 or 6 at the time, alleged he was abused in the Salt Lake area. Leslie Jeffs and his wife, Carole J. Jeffs, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in July 2003. The case was closed later that year. Blaine Jeffs and Julie D. Jeffs filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy in April 2003. Their case was closed last September. Federal law automatically stays many types of court or enforcement actions against those filing for bankruptcy. Warren Jeffs is wanted on Utah and Arizona charges that he arranged plural marriages between underage girls and older men.
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