The former federal agent whose anti-trafficking exploits inspired a hotly debated film that became an unexpected box-office hit this month has parted ways with the controversial organization he founded.
Tim Ballard has “recently stepped away” from Operation Underground Railroad, the group said in a statement.
Ballard, a former Department of Homeland Security agent who has helped stage sting operations to catch child sex traffickers, left OUR before “Sound of Freedom” hit theaters, the organization said.The news of Ballard’s exit comes barely more than a week after — a dramatized retelling of Ballard’s anti-trafficking efforts — nearly outearned Disney blockbuster “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” on July 4,
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