[7] Although forbidden from having access to television or toys, Jeffs described a happy childhood— spending time landscaping and gardening with his mother.
[8] But he felt neglected and shunned by his father, and witnessed the psychological abuse of his mother (who was not one of Warren's favored wives).
"I was sent from a house in hiding, to a land of refuge, which were the compounds, and that’s where it was just a lot of hard labor".
And in 2012, he was sent out to work at many FLDS enclaves around the United States clearing land, building houses, tending herds, and learning to repair appliances.
Feeling "super alone," on 10 February 2014 he left the FLDS by running off of the job site.
Jeffs said his father also had sexually abused him before he was six years old,[11] but hadn't thought of it that way until after hearing his sisters' experiences.
[2] Funeral services were scheduled for 8 June 2019 at Larkin Sunset Gardens Mortuary in Sandy, Utah.