A husband who last year found himself at the center of a debate over polygamy and the law has been acquitted of trying to extort his wife.
An eight-person jury in state court in Provo found Mitchell Kyle Henderson not guilty of two counts of extortion or bribery. He faced up to 15 years in prison on each count.
Henderson still faces a trial in January on charges he assaulted his legal wife, Nicole Henderson. The two-day trial this week in state court in Provo asked whether Kyle Henderson, as he is known, bribed or extorted her into dropping her domestic violence allegations by offering her custody of their children.