The organization says it has cut ties with its disgraced founder and CEO. Jeff Frazier, charged with ushering in a new era, has a long and complex relationship with Ballard.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/4a3p99/ballard-friend-now-running-operation-underground-railroad-jeff-frazier?at_medium=Social%20media&at_campaign=Mastodon
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As allies abandon him, the anti-trafficking star’s disgrace appears to have prematurely ended the career of Utah’s attorney general, a close friend.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/wxjk8x/tim-ballards-most-powerful-friends-are-all-denouncing-him?at_medium=Social%20media&at_campaign=Mastodon
#TimothyBallard #operationundergroundrailroad #Utah #AttorneyGeneral #spencercox #utahpolitics #ChurchofJesusChristofLatterDaySaints #katherineballard #MORMONS

“OUR only focused on allowing its celebrity founder, defendant Tim Ballard, to live the lavish lifestyle of a wealthy sex tourist and sexually manipulate and abuse employees, contractors, and volunteers,” the suit reads.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/wxjbz5/veteran-marine-sues-tim-ballard-and-our-over-sexual-assault-claims-injuries-suffered-in-training?at_medium=Social%20media&at_campaign=Mastodon
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A broken orbital bone, a ‘Couple’s Ruse,’ and Bin Laden as Ted Kaczynski
https://www.vice.com/en/article/93k8qv/what-happens-when-an-anti-sex-trafficking-operation-goes-wrong?at_medium=Social%20media&at_campaign=Mastodon
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A female operator who worked with the controversial anti-trafficking group knew someone was going to get seriously hurt. She just didn't expect that it would be her.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7ekzx/tim-ballard-sound-of-freedom-grooming-sexual-abuse-undercover-couples-ruse-operation-underground-railroad?at_medium=Social%20media&at_campaign=Mastodon
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The founder of the anti-trafficking group OUR has been sued by several accusers, who say he used their faith and visions from a psychic to sexually coerce them.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/4a378p/five-of-tim-ballards-alleged-victims-have-filed-a-lawsuit-against-him?at_medium=Social%20media&at_campaign=Mastodon
#timballard #operationundergroundrailroad #Trafficking #sexualmisconduct #Utah #SuzetteRasmussen #janetrusson #LDSfaith #MormonChurch #ChurchofJesusChristofLatterDaySaints #psychics #soundoffreedom

An attorney representing employees and contractors of Operation Underground Railroad has issued a statement about what they say the “Sound of Freedom” hero did.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/k7zpbz/women-accuse-tim-ballard-of-spiritual-manipulation-grooming-and-sexual-misconduct
#timballard #operationundergroundrailroad #sexualmisconduct #spearfund #LDSchurch #anti-trafficking

Whistleblowers told investigators, and tried to raise concerns internally, about “cowboy” behavior and misappropriation of donor funds.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/g5y8pm/operation-underground-railroad-investigation-misled-donors-lied
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CYBER: Operation Underground Railroad, Psychic Intelligence, and ‘The Sound of Freedom’
https://www.vice.com/en/article/4a37gg/cyber-operation-underground-railroad-psychic-intelligence-and-the-sound-of-freedom
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