• Reuters, Friday, October 8, 2010 12:15 AM

Only two weeks into the network's hit reality series "Sister Wives," the results of a felony bigamy investigation of the show's stars have been presented to the Utah County Attorney, who now must decide whether to file charges against Kody Brown and wives Mari, Janelle, Christine and Robyn.

Bigamy is a felony in Utah, where the Brown family lives and the show is set, carrying a possible three- to five-year sentence upon conviction. However, polygamists are rarely prosecuted unless they've committed so-called collateral crimes like child abuse or welfare fraud, none of which yet has been alleged. "Sister Wives" is the first cable reality series starring an openly polygamist family, and police in Lehi, Utah, said they started an investigation after becoming aware of the Browns through the TLC show.

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