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Case summary
Add info | Back to topAlan Andrus, a former LDS bishop, was arrested and accused in 2020 of drugging and sexually assaulting a member of his LDS ward in El Dorado County, California in 2019.
As of March 2023, the case disposition is still pending, as it proceeds through pretrial motions.
Son in law to Kieth Merrill who made Legacy, The Testaments and other Mormon church films.
FLOODLIT is keeping track of this court case – El Dorado County case #P20CRF0225 in California.
Born in ~1964, served an LDS mission. Married in an LDS temple.
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Sources
- BYU GRAD STUDENT READY TO BEGIN PRO HOOP CAREER IN JAPAN (archive) - Deseret News - 26 Jul 1990
- accused married in an LDS temple (archive) - Provo Daily Herald - 20 Aug 1992
LDS/Mormon church membership history
Add info | Back to topLDS mission information
FLOODLIT is not aware whether the accused served a full-time LDS mission.
LDS temple marriage information
FLOODLIT is not aware whether the accused was married in a Mormon temple.
Alleged victim(s)
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- Average age of alleged victim(s) at time of alleged crime(s):
LDS church response(s)
Add info | Back to top- Alleged failure to report by local LDS leaders? unknown
- Alleged misconduct by local LDS leaders? unknown
- Alleged misconduct by global LDS leaders? unknown
FLOODLIT is not aware whether the Mormon church paid any settlement amounts related to this case.