On February 5, 2024, Chelom Leavitt filed for divorce from her husband, former Utah County Attorney David Leavitt. The petition is not available for purchase on Xchange, and therefore the grounds for divorce are unknown. From the records, it would appear that the Leavitts have waived their time and education requirements in order to expedite their divorce. The case was filed in Provo and apparently transferred to American Fork, where Judge Roger Griffin presides over the Hamblin case and now presides over the Leavitt divorce.
Judge Griffin has rejected the motion of former Juab County Attorney Ryan Peters to transfer the Hamblin case back to the Utah County Attorney’s Office on the grounds that Utah County cannot be impartial as it pertains to David Leavitt, even though David Leavitt is not a defendant in the Hamblin case. As such, the Hamblin case has no prosecutor, due to the nomination of Ryan Peters to a Juvenile Court judgeship.
As it currently stands, Judge Griffin is the presiding judge in the criminal case against David Lee Hamblin in American Fork, and he is now also the presiding judge in the Leavitt’s divorce.
Investigations in Ritual Abuse will continue to monitor and report on any new developments in the Leavitt divorce and the Hamblin criminal case. The next hearing for David Lee Hamblin is in Manti before Judge Larsen on February 21, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. There are no hearings listed before Judge Griffin on the calendar.
Well, I'll be!
I wonder if there was a late-night meeting held in an LDS church basement recently?! Said meeting might have included 13 masked men in robes carrying out a bizarre excommunication ceremony with David and Chelom being the guests of honor.
Looking at that divorce document, David's current address (2087 N 220 E, Provo) is right around the corner from David Hamblin's old place in the Sharon East Stake and just across the street from where he lived back in the early 90's (2092 N 220 E, Provo).
Looks like the CS cockroaches have maintained that area over the decades as a safe place to hide. Incredible! We see you, CS cockroaches...we know where you like to hide!
What a busy weekend you have going on with preparing for Relentless Hope and now this reporting. Thanks for keeping us up to date! I just watched the interview that UtahCindy did with WeArethePeople and she said you'll be Zooming with them.
Cindy gave some horrific Utah statistics on suicide rates, mental health rates, and so forth. Utah is high ranking in suicides, mental health problems, and for the lowest resources in mental health. This whole Utah mess reminds me of Zenos' allegory where the Lord's vineyard goes wild.
I'm glad that there is a group of people such as yourself putting on some pressure for accountability through your reporting.