When Ruth Johnson was 14 years old, she was swinging in the backyard when she suddenly heard her dad call her into the house. The next thing she knew, she became Samuel Bateman’s seventh wife.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s been 14 years since model and influencer Courtney Stodden married Doug Hutchison, a former actor 35 years her senior. Stodden ...

Narrated by Courtney Stodden herself, “I Was a Child Bride: The Courtney Stodden Story,” premieres today, Saturday, Sept. 27, at 8 p.m. Eastern. The Lifetime original film is also available to watch ...

Part of Lifetime’s “Ripped From the Headlines” series, a collection of films based on real people, “I Was a Child Bride: The Courtney Stodden Story” follows the life of a 16-year-old starlet whose ...

Inspired by true events, Lifetime’s newest movie “I Was a Child Bride: The Courtney Stodden Story” follows the controversial story of Courtney Stodden, a teenager catapulted into international ...

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