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ST. GEORGE — A Washington County 5th District judge on Monday granted the approval of the plaintiff’s motion in an ongoing sexual abuse lawsuit to take the deposition of Warren Jeffs.

The court ruled to require the plaintiffs to wait to take Jeffs’ deposition after 60 days, and in that time, the Jeffs’ attorneys are required to depose the plaintiff. The efforts to schedule Jeffs’ deposition can begin immediately as long as the actual deposition takes place after the 60 days.

The plaintiff in the case, identified as “R.H.”, filed a lawsuit against Jeffs and others in 2017 relating to child sexual abuse she says she experienced beginning at the age of 8 while a member of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Jeffs remains the religions leader and prophet of the church, sharing spiritual revelations from his prison cell in Palestine, Texas.

On June 24, the plaintiff filed a motion for an order to take the deposition of Jeffs, which the United Effort Plan Trust has argued against. The court reconvened Tuesday morning under Judge Michael Westfall to discuss the matter.

Attorney Lance Milne, representing the plaintiff, asserted the importance of Jeffs’ deposition within the case, calling it “critical” and arguing that the deposition is standard discovery. The attorney representing Jeffs and the UEP, Michael Stanger, filed documents in opposition to the motion on July 8, citing a number of concerns.