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SALT LAKE CITY — Tim Ballard, the founder of Operation Underground Railroad , has now filed defamation lawsuits against seven women who accused him of sexual misconduct.Celeste Borys, Kira Lynch, Sasha Hightower, Mary Hall, Krista Kacey, Bree Righter, and Amy Davis filed lawsuits against Ballard in 2023.Six of the seven women stated they were training as undercover operatives for OUR, required to roleplay with Ballard as if they were his girlfriend.
He said the women were pressured into complimenting Ballard to keep their jobs and that they were especially motivated to role play in submissive and sexual ways because they thought their actions might be helping to save children.“If he touched under false pretense, that by definition is sex assault,” Mortensen said. “We did not anticipate that he would file defamation cases against our clients because they’re telling the truth.
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