According to a report by Vice News, Ballard, who was portrayed by Jim Cavaziel in Sound of Freedom, shockingly resigned from his place in June after O.U.R initiated an investigation into the troubling claims of sexual misconduct. Report suggests, Ballard allegedly pressured girls to behave as his «wife» on undercover missions designed to rescue victims of intercourse trafficking. He is accused of insisting that they share a mattress or bathe with him throughout these missions, purportedly to deceive traffickers.

What’s much more distressing is that Ballard, a former Department of Homeland Security official, stands accused of sending an specific picture of himself in underwear to at least one lady and inquiring about her willingness to go to excessive lengths to save lots of trafficked kids.

While Ballard’s abrupt departure from O.U.R was reported publicly three months in the past, neither he nor the group had supplied any rationalization on the time. To date, Ballard has not publicly addressed the intense allegations of sexual harassment.

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In response to the accusations reported by Vice, O.U.R launched a press release reiterating its dedication to combatting sexual abuse and declaring a zero-tolerance coverage for sexual harassment or discrimination inside the group. They commissioned an unbiased legislation agency to completely examine the allegations whereas additionally engaged on bettering the group’s governance and operational protocols.

‘Tim Ballard resigned from O.U.R. on June 22, 2023. He has permanently separated from O.U.R.’ the assertion learn.

The allegations are corroborated with a letter despatched to OUR workplaces, “Several weeks ago, an OUR employee who accompanied Tim on an undercover operation filed a sexual harassment complaint against him with OUR’s HR department,” the letter, which was despatched this summer time to donors to anti-trafficking causes, reads. “This resulted in an extensive internal investigation into Tim and his individual operational tactics and led to more women speaking up as part of the investigation process.”

After the Vice report went public Ballard responded by giving a speech to a small crowd in Boston by which he mentioned, “It’s not true, nothing you hear is true.”

Before these allegations grew to become public, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, of which Ballard is a member, issued a press release accusing him of exploiting his relationship with Mormon elder M. Russell Ballard for private and monetary achieve. Although the church didn’t present particular particulars, they unequivocally condemned Ballard’s actions as “morally unacceptable.”

In response to the church’s condemnation, Ballard vehemently denied exploiting his relationship with the church elder, describing President Ballard as being like a grandfather to him. He vehemently refuted any claims of utilizing the elder’s title for monetary achieve and questioned the authenticity of the church’s assertion, regardless of it being launched by means of an official spokesperson.