Trust Me: The False Prophet | Official Trailer | Netflix

In this true-crime documentary, a cult expert and filmmaker infiltrate a polygamist sect to expose a self-proclaimed prophet and bring him to justice.

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OFFICIAL SERIES ANNOUNCEMENT & TRAILER DEBUT

TRUST ME: THE FALSE PROPHET

Premieres April 8, 2026

Directed by Emmy(R) and Peabody Award-winning filmmaker Rachel Dretzin

Premiere Date: April 8, 2026

Episodes: 4 x 45 mins

Director: Rachel Dretzin (Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey)

Executive Producers: Jeff Skoll, Courtney Sexton, Miura Kite, Rachel Dretzin, Dorin Razam, Zachary Herrmann, Tolga Katas

Series Producer: Jamila Ephron

Production Companies: A Participant and Ark Media Production

SYNOPSIS

This four-part documentary series chronicles the rise of Samuel Bateman, the self-proclaimed heir to Warren Jeffs' Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS), through the eyes of one couple who infiltrated his inner circle. Cult expert Christine Marie and her videographer husband Tolga Katas move into Short Creek, Utah to support a fractured FLDS community vulnerable to a new "prophet" - and decide to take matters into their own hands when they uncover evidence of unignorable evil. Featuring unprecedented access, never-before-seen footage, and first-hand accounts from inside the group, the series reveals the depths of Bateman's control and the women brave enough to speak up. Directed by Emmy- and Peabody Award-winning filmmaker Rachel Dretzin (Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey), Trust Me: The False Prophet is a riveting saga of devotion, deception, and the cycle of abuse in one of America's most secretive communities.

Quote from Director Rachel Dretzin:

"Trust Me offers intimate access to a normally closed world - and in doing so, I hope it exposes both the violence that enforced secrecy enables and what it takes to tell the truth when everything is at stake. What these women did matters far beyond their community. It is a blueprint for how to dismantle even the most entrenched systems of abuse."