Exposed: Utah's Hidden Abuse Scandal!

Jason and Alexia Preston sit down with Justin Riggs & advocate Tyler to uncover disturbing allegations of child abuse, cover-ups, and institutional corruption tied to powerful figures in Utah.
This episode revisits a lawsuit involving Brenda and Richard Miles, the daughter and son-in-law of LDS President Russell M. Nelson and exposes decades of victim testimony, court documents, and sworn affidavits detailing horrific abuse in Bountiful, Utah.

Show notes & references:
2018 Jane & John Doe Complaint Doc:
https://web.archive.org/web/20240525020416/https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/197bb339-48ed-4812-8f43-d46eda08350e/downloads/Miles%20Complaint.pdf?ver=1715963363906

Jane Doe 1 Declaration & Exhibits:
https://web.archive.org/web/20240525020327/https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/197bb339-48ed-4812-8f43-d46eda08350e/downloads/Does%20v.%20Miles%20-%20Declaration%20of%20Jane%20Doe%201%20(Fil.pdf?ver=1715963363906

Jane Doe 2 Declaration & Exhibits:
https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/197bb339-48ed-4812-8f43-d46eda08350e/downloads/Does%20v.%20Miles%20-%20Declaration%20of%20Jane%20Doe%202%20%28Fil.pdf?ver=1715963363906

Jane Doe 5 Declaration:
https://web.archive.org/web/20240525020134/https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/197bb339-48ed-4812-8f43-d46eda08350e/downloads/Does%20v.%20Miles%20-%20Declaration%20of%20Jane%20Doe%205%20(Fil.pdf?ver=1715963363906

John Doe 1 Declaration:
https://web.archive.org/web/20240525020542/https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/197bb339-48ed-4812-8f43-d46eda08350e/downloads/Does%20v.%20Miles%20-%20Declaration%20of%20John%20Doe%201%20(Fil.pdf?ver=1715963363906

Paul L Whitehead, MD Declaration:
https://web.archive.org/web/20240525020604/https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/197bb339-48ed-4812-8f43-d46eda08350e/downloads/Does%20v.%20Miles%20-%20Dr.%20Whitehead%20Declaration%20(Fil.pdf?ver=1715963363906

David E Hardy Declaration:
https://web.archive.org/web/20240525020344/https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/197bb339-48ed-4812-8f43-d46eda08350e/downloads/Vernon%20Decl%20of%20David%20Hardy%20(v2%209-18-18%20Final%20E.pdf?ver=1715963363906

Mother 1 Declaration:
https://web.archive.org/web/20240525020306/https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/197bb339-48ed-4812-8f43-d46eda08350e/downloads/Does%20v.%20Miles%20-%20Declaration%20of%20Mother%201%20(Filed.pdf?ver=1715963363906

Jane Doe 3 Declaration:
https://web.archive.org/web/20240525020711/https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/197bb339-48ed-4812-8f43-d46eda08350e/downloads/Does%20v.%20Miles%20-%20Declaration%20of%20Jane%20Doe%203%20(Fil.pdf?ver=1715963363906

Jane Doe 4 Declaration:
https://web.archive.org/web/20240525020450/https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/197bb339-48ed-4812-8f43-d46eda08350e/downloads/Does%20v.%20Miles%20-%20Declaration%20of%20Jane%20Doe%204%20(Fil.pdf?ver=1715963363906

Mother 2 Declaration:
https://web.archive.org/web/20240525020745/https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/197bb339-48ed-4812-8f43-d46eda08350e/downloads/Does%20v.%20Miles%20-%20Declaration%20of%20Mother%202%20(Filed.pdf?ver=1715963363906

Dick & Brenda Miles Mission President Announcement 2011:
https://www.thechurchnews.com/2011/3/5/23227213/new-mission-presidents-103/

Marion B Smith: A Report Of Child Sexual Abuse In LDS Neighborhoods
https://archive.org/details/ABlipHere/mode/1up

Russell M Nelson Autobiography: From Heart to Heart (PG 48 = Sigma Chi & Skull & Bones Reference)
https://archive.org/details/from-heart-to-heart-an-autobiography-russell-m.-nelson

1937 UofU Utonian Yearbook: Marvin J Ashton Member of Owl & Key
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/details?id=732802

1931 UofU Utonian Yearbook: Gerald Smith Member of Skull & Bones
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/details?id=737141

1946 UofU Utonian Yearbook: Russell Nelson Member of Owl & Key:
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/details?id=751840

1953 UofU Utonian Yearbook: Robert Hales Member of Skull & Bones:
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/details?id=734005

1957 UofU Utonian Yearbook: Hugh Pinnock Member of Skull & Bones:
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/details?id=750288

1967 UofU Utonian Yearbook: Connection between Yale & UofU Skull & Bones
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/details?id=746814&q=skull&parent_i=746999

1970 UofU Utonian Yearbook: Dick & Brenda Miles’ Lawyer Jim Jardine member of Skull & Bones
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/details?id=748960

1990 Bishop Glenn L Pace Memo:
https://www.scribd.com/document/105967728/Memo-Bishop-Glenn-L-Pace-to-LDS-Church-Members-Committee-Ritualistic-Child-Abuse-7-19-90

Influence of Sigma Chi Fraternity
https://dailyutahchronicle.com/2007/11/07/greek-row-the-power-of-sigma-chi/

2015 Daily Utah Chronicle article on UofU Chapter of Skull & Bones
https://dailyutahchronicle.com/2015/12/07/getting-to-know-secret-student-society-skull-and-bones/

Floodlit Christopher Michael Jensen:
https://floodlit.org/a/a183/