Polygamist KODY BROWN and his four wives — MERI, JANELLE, CHRISTINE and ROBYN — will not be facing charges of bigamy in their native state of Utah, officials have decided.
"The criminal case against the Browns is closed and no charges will be filed against them for bigamy unless new evidence is discovered," Utah County Attorney Jeff Buhman wrote in a motion seeking to have a lawsuit against his county dismissed. The Browns, who star on TLC's hit show Sister Wives, had filed the suit in response to the investigation.
Kody, his wives and their 16 children moved to Las Vegas in January 2011 to avoid prosecution.
The Browns' attorney Jonathan Turley said the family doesn't plan to drop their lawsuit, claiming state law remained "blatantly unconstitutional."
He said, "I want to express our great relief for the Brown family that this long-standing threat has been finally lifted. The family has spent years being publicly denounced as felons by prosecutors and had to move to Nevada to protect their family and children."
