Beth and the rest of the Duttons could find themselves in a lot of trouble if Jamie spills the family secrets in Yellowstone Season 5, Part 2.

The Duttons have their backs up against the wall in more ways than one. On the one hand, they are still trying to figure out the truth behind John Dutton’s death, and on the other, the ranch

However, something else happened in Episode 12 that could lead to even more issues for Montana’s most powerful family.

In Yellowstone Season 5, Episode 12 (read more about that episode’s guest stars and plot here), Kayce and Beth talked about Jamie potentially getting arrested when Beth brought up an interesting point – if Jamie were to get arrested, he could expose all of the Duttons’ dark secrets to save himself.

Throughout Yellowstone, the Duttons have committed some acts that are definitely not legal, so here is everything Jamie could tell the authorities about to bring down his family:

Murder (Multiple Counts)
The Duttons have been involved in their fair share of murders, many of which have gone completely undetected by authorities.

To put into perspective just how many people the Duttons have murdered, they have a special place to dispose of dead bodies called the train station. The family has taken many people to the train station over the years, and if Jamie were to ever get arrested, he could point authorities to the exact location where the train station sits.

If they were to find it, the Duttons would undoubtedly be prosecuted to the fullest extent. After all, there are likely over a dozen bodies lying at the bottom of the train station.

Torture
Another extremely illegal and horrible act that Jamie could tell authorities about to destroy his family is how they’ve tortured people.

The most prominent example of torture that the Duttons have displayed is what happened with Wade Morrow.

Wade was a former ranch hand at the Yellowstone and was even branded, but he left the ranch in the past. However, after he joined forces with Roarke Morris and became a real thorn in John Dutton’s side, Wade paid the price.

He essentially stole the Yellowstone brand from John, which the patriarch says is “stealing the one thing a cowboy doesn’t steal,” so, in turn, John had his cowboys torture Wade by taking a knife and cutting the brand out of Wade’s chest.

As if that wasn’t bad enough, Wade also fits into the murder category of the Duttons’ crimes, as he was hung.

Kidnapping
The Duttons have kidnapped more than one person throughout Yellowstone, but something they likely would face some extreme repercussions from was when they kidnapped Dan Jenkins seeing as how he was a fairly prominent public figure and had a lot of money.

However, technically the Duttons also kidnapped other characters like Carter. Yes, Beth wanted to give Carter a better life, but he was still a minor when he was taken to the ranch and nobody else really knew what happened to him.

So, at the end of the day, if Jamie wanted to really hurt the Duttons, he could definitely reveal that they have kidnapped people in the past.

Protecting Criminals
One of the Yellowstone’s biggest secrets is that it houses criminals who have never paid for their crimes.

Even though he is a fan-favorite, a good example of this is Rip. Rip killed his father after he flew into an abusive rage and killed Rip’s mother and brother.

This instance would definitely fall under the category of self-defense, but when Rip killed Rowdy out of rage for the former speaking disrespectfully about Beth, that is flat-out murder.

Instead of Rip facing justice for his crime, John instead branded Rip, which symbolized that, from then on, he would be a lifelong member of the ranch.

Jamie definitely knows about what happened with Rip and probably about a lot of other instances where someone committed a crime and was protected by the ranch.

Abusing Political Figures and Blackmail
John Dutton was a man with a lot of power and even more political pull. It was established very early on in Season 1 that John had an extremely close relationship with Lynelle Perry, who was, at that time, the governor of Montana.

is literally falling apart right before their eyes, as Colby’s death symbolized in Episode 12.