Eleven years after she ran away from a plural marriage, suffered a brutal beating and renewed the spotlight on polygamy in Utah, Mary Ann Nichols’ legal battles appear to be over.

A string of litigation filed by and against the former polygamous wife, who as a member of the Kingston clan was married to her uncle at 16, has been settled out of court.

Salt Lake City attorney Mark Hansen, who represented defendants in the lawsuit, said Friday none of the settlements involved an exchange of money.

“Everybody walks,” Hansen said. “Nobody has any liability. It’s what we thought should have happened the very first day, but it took five years to get there.”

Nichols and her attorneys could not be reached for comment Friday. But Rowenna Erickson, co-founder of Tapestry Against Polygamy, said despite its ending, the lawsuit still helped to raise public awareness about the practices of the Kingstons and other polygamous groups.

“She certainly deserved restitution,” Erickson said, “but [the Kingstons] have a way of getting around almost anything — burying people in paperwork, stringing things out.”

Hansen dismissed Erickson’s claim, saying her understanding of the case was based on third-hand knowledge of what happened to Nichols. “She’s not familiar with what has gone on with the case,” he said.

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