NEW : Jeffs faces anywhere from Tuesday to life on new charge in Colorado . Jeffs charged with the sexual assault of a child , a fifth -degree felony . three of his followers face charges ranging from assault to failing to report child abuse . The children were returned to their families after the Texas Supreme Court ruled the state had no right to remove the children and lacked evidence to show they faced imminent danger of abuse . Prosecutors say Carolyn Jessop married underage girls , had intimate relations with them .
NEW : Jeffs faces anywhere from Tuesday to life on new charge in Colorado . Jeffs charged with the sexual assault of a child , a fifth -degree felony . three of his followers face charges ranging from assault to failing to report child abuse . Prosecutors say Carolyn Jessop married underage girls , had intimate relations with them .