Remember Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey? It is branded as a chilling 2022 Netflix docuseries, where Rachel Dretzin exposed the dark reality of Warren Jeffs’ FLDS cult, forced marriages, polygamy, and the suffocating “keep sweet” doctrine that kept women under control. Through survivor accounts and haunting archival footage, the series pulled back the curtain on years of abuse, culminating in Jeff’s eventual life sentence.

Now, that same creative team is returning to the controversial FLDS world with a brand-new story to tell, titled, Trust Me: The False Prophet. 

Netflix is set to drop Trust Me: The False Prophet globally on April 8, 2026. The four-part docuseries dives back into the world of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, this time focusing on Samuel Bateman, the self-proclaimed successor to Warren Jeffs, and the crimes that followed his rise within the secretive community.

Directed by Emmy and Peabody Award-winning filmmaker Rachel Dretzin, the same force behind Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey, the series picks up the thread left behind after Jeff’s imprisonment. It explores how a dangerous power vacuum allowed Bateman to step in and assert control, continuing a vicious cycle within the FLDS community.

Backed by A Participant and Ark Media Production, the project brings together a seasoned team of executive producers, including Jeff Skoll, Courtney Sexton, and Tolga Katas. The trailer teases covert recordings, quiet dread, and the constant fear of being discovered, with one chilling line capturing the stakes: if their mission was exposed, everything, including their children, could be taken away in an instant.

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While the team dives deep into this new chapter of FLDS darkness, the story itself reveals how history keeps repeating in the most chilling ways.

At its core, Trust Me: The False Prophet tracks the disturbing rise of Samuel Bateman, a former FLDS member who broke away and declared himself a prophet in 2019, stepping in after Warren Jeffs’ imprisonment. What followed was the creation of his own offshoot group, where he amassed control and took multiple “spiritual wives.”

He included underage girls and carried out years of abuse before authorities finally caught up with him in 2022. His arrest came after a chilling discovery through a hidden trailer, and in 2024, he was sentenced to 50 years in federal prison. The series unfolds through a far more intimate and risky lens, following cult expert Christine Marie and her husband Tolga Katas, who embedded themselves within the Short Creek community.

With never-before-seen footage and firsthand testimonies from those inside the group, the docuseries pulls back the curtain on Bateman’s control and the courage of the women who chose to speak out. Directed by Rachel Dretzin, it paints a haunting picture of devotion twisted into manipulation, revealing how cycles of power and abuse continue to thrive in secrecy.

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