![]() ![]() He looks forward to vindicating his name in the courts where evidence, and not unsubstantiated accusations in the media, decides the outcome." Ballard vehemently denies the allegations brought by these unnamed women. ![]() Eisenhut, an attorney for the SPEAR Fund, issued the following statement to KSL.com on Tuesday: "The SPEAR Fund did not exist during the time of the alleged conduct and had nothing to do with it. Operation Underground Railroad and the SPEAR Fund - where Ballard now serves as a senior adviser - were both named as defendants alongside Ballard, and did not initially respond to requests for comment. "When these women found themselves questioning the legitimacy of tactics involving sexual contact, they often doubted their own instincts, relying on Ballard's breadth of knowledge about rescue mission to convince themselves that such tactics were normal," the lawsuit filed in 3rd District Court alleges.īallard has previously denied any sexual misconduct allegations, dismissing them as "false," "baseless inventions designed to destroy me and the movement we have built to end the trafficking and exploitation of vulnerable children." SALT LAKE CITY - Operation Underground Railroad founder Tim Ballard sexually assaulted several women and made fraudulent statements about the so-called "couples ruse" to coerce them into sexual contact, according to a lawsuit filed in Salt Lake City Monday.įive women - identified in the lawsuit only by pseudonym initials until "a proper protective order is in place" - say Ballard "engaged in coerced sexual contact" in the name of rescuing trafficked children, and exploited the women's religious beliefs by telling them such behavior was OK as he believed he was to become a future president of the United States and future president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. ![]()
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