- LDS positions: Bishop, Missionary,
- Criminal case: Jury trial, Ongoing,
Case report
Alan 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 May 2023, the case disposition is still pending, as it proceeds through pretrial motions.
Andrus was a son-in-law of Kieth Merrill; Merrill was commissioned by the LDS church’s First Presidency to produce the films Legacy and The Testaments, and has been a member of the Board of Trustees of Southern Virginia University and president of the BYU Alumni Association.
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.
Case facts
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- AKA Alan R Andrus
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Born: 1963
- LDS mission: Hong Kong - Hong Kong
- Lived in: California,
- During alleged crime, lived in: California,
- When accused, lived in: California,
- Victims: 1 victim,
- Crime years: 2010s,
- Convicted in: Never convicted,
- Latest update: May 2023: in pretrial; May 24, 2024 trial setting reconsideration of release of discovery
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Case information sources
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- BYU GRAD STUDENT READY TO BEGIN PRO HOOP CAREER IN JAPAN
- temple wedding announcement of the accused
- Arrest Information for Alan Roman Andrus
Case information source details
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BYU GRAD STUDENT READY TO BEGIN PRO HOOP CAREER IN JAPAN
Publisher: Deseret News
Date: 26 Jul 1990
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view all information sources temple wedding announcement of the accused
Publisher: Provo Daily Herald
Date: 20 Aug 1992
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view all information sources Arrest Information for Alan Roman Andrus
Publisher: Local Crime News
Date: 11 May 2020
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Source type: News article
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