Warren Jeffs Trial:  Fallen Prophet
COOPER: It took months to find that man, Warren Jeffs. It took his defense team under a day and a half to make its case and only three days for the prosecution. The trial is almost over. Closing arguments are on Friday. Some of the most riveting and crucial testimony came from the prosecution's star witness, a woman who says she was ordered by Jeffs to become a child bride and claims she was raped by her husband. Mike Watkiss from our affiliate KVTK in Phoenix reports.</s>JANE DOE, PROSECUTION'S LEAD WITNESS: I had quickly taken my dress off and thrown my pajamas on over my clothes.</s>MIKE WATKISS, KVTK CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): While we can't show her face, the most intimate details of her life laid bare in a St. George courthouse. The young woman known only as Jane Doe testifying about her wedding night.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Did you sleep that night?</s>DOE: I didn't. I did everything I could to pretend I was asleep, but I didn't sleep.</s>WATKISS: That was the first of many nights the then 14-year-old girl, who says she knew nothing about sex, would have to share intimate moments with a man who was not only her first cousin, but now also her assigned husband. She said he later tried to undress her, saying that's what he was supposed to do.</s>DOE: This is what married people did. And after rejecting, he said, well, don't you ever want to have babies? And I said, not with you.</s>WATKISS: Despite her protests, she says, within days, the marriage was consummated.</s>DOE: And I was sobbing. And my whole entire body was just shaking because I was so, so scared. I didn't say anything. He just laid me on the bed. And had sex.</s>WATKISS: Later that night, she says she hid in the bathroom so hurt, confused and betrayed that she swallowed two bottles of painkillers.</s>TARA ISAACSON, WARREN JEFFS' ATTORNEY: You never told your mother that you were being raped?</s>DOE: That is true.</s>ISAACSON: You didn't tell your friends, I'm being raped. Is that right?</s>DOE: Who likes to tell anyone they're being raped?</s>VOICE OF JANE DOE'S SISTER, WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION: We were taught that if a woman had a concern or a disagreement, she was to get on her knees and pray.</s>WATKISS: This woman is Jane Doe's sister. The court is protecting her identity, too. Like other former members of the sect, she testified women are told to stay sweet, always, no matter what.</s>VOICE OF JANE DOE'S SISTER: To be sweet is to suffer silently, regardless of what concerns you may have.</s>WATKISS: Among the sister's concerns, regrets that she did not prevent Jane Doe's wedding for fear of losing her own standing in the polygamist sect.</s>VOICE OF JANE DOE'S SISTER: It's very offensive for women to stand up to the priesthood and say, I'm sorry, this is not OK. That is very inappropriate.</s>WATKISS: Mike Watkiss for CNN, reporting from St. George, Utah.</s>COOPER: CNN's Gary Tuchman was in the courtroom today and joins us now from St. George, Utah. Gary, you got a very different story in court today. Can you tell us about it?</s>GARY TUCHMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, that's right. The defense called its star witness today, and that is the man who was married to Jane Doe. His name is Allen Steed. Allen Steed admits he married a 14-year-old girl, but says he did it because the man he loves, the prophet Warren Jeffs told him to, and that word comes from God. Allen Steed says, contrary to what Jane Doe testified to, that he totally behaved himself, that if she ever said stop, he did not do anything. And he said that Jane Doe actually instigated their first sexual encounter. Now, he did get some pointed questions from prosecutors during cross-examination. We'll show that you in a minute, but I want to explain that you won't be able to see his face while he's talking, because he stood up at the witness stand, and the courthouse-operated camera couldn't figure out how to shoot his face.</s>CRAIG BARLOW, PROSECUTOR: It didn't occur to you that marrying a 14-year-old was illegal?</s>ALLEN STEED, WITNESS FOR DEFENSE: Not according to God's law.</s>BARLOW: I'm not asking about God's law. I'm talking about legal, according to the laws of the government. Did you recognize the government's laws?</s>STEED: I don't know the government's laws that well, no.</s>TUCHMAN: We've spent a lot of time in these communities here, and you can be sure that most of Warren Jeffs' followers don't care much about government laws. They are very insulated. They're told never to talk to outsiders, so they're extremely naive, including Allen Steed. Allen Steed says, since Jane Doe left him in 2004, he hasn't been with another girl. And he was asked, prior to his honeymoon, what kind of experience he had.</s>BARLOW: So did you sleep in the same room with</s>STEED: Yes, sir.</s>BARLOW: And was that awkward?</s>STEED: Yes.</s>BARLOW: Can you tell me -- tell us why that was awkward, sir?</s>STEED: Well, I had definitely never slept with a girl in my life before. And hardly even slept with my brothers.</s>TUCHMAN: Now, I'm wary of saying this, but a lot of the followers do often sound like robots. They really do. They're kind of trained and programmed to say certain things, and they say it. Now, it's important to keep in mind, this particular case in this courthouse is about one particular marriage, one 14-year-old girl, who happens to be 21 now. But the reason that Warren Jeffs was on the FBI ten most-wanted list is allegedly he's done this many, many times with many other girls under the age of 18 -- Anderson.</s>COOPER: If Warren Jeffs was charged as an accomplice to rape, why hasn't Mr. Steed been criminally charged, as well?</s>TUCHMAN: Very good question. He hasn't been charged in the case, but sources are telling us to not be surprised if, indeed, he is charged soon. The reason they say he hasn't been charged before is because they felt it would complicate the Warren Jeffs case, and Warren Jeffs is the big fish.</s>COOPER: All right. Gary Tuchman reporting, thanks, Gary. Just ahead, back to Vegas and the latest in the O.J. Simpson saga. A serious story, of course, but all the suspects are facing a string of felony charges. But also there is a circus behind the scenes and along the fringes. O.J., the sequel, is shaping up to be a serious case of deja vu when it comes to characters inside and outside the courtroom. Jeanne Moos takes a look next on 360.