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SALT LAKE CITY — Tim Ballard, the founder of Operation Underground Railroad , has filed a defamation lawsuit against Miss Utah 2004. He says Amy Morgan Davis lied when she accused him of sexual assault.Now both sides are releasing text messages to bolster their cases.Davis initially sued Ballard in 2023 under the pseudonym “MK” to hide her identity.She was one of six women who filed lawsuits against Ballard for sexual misconduct.The case is ongoing.
“These women would trust him, and now he’s blaming them for trusting him.”Some of the messages were sent by Davis after the alleged sex assaultDavis wrote to Ballard that she “loved our connection.”“Our time together did mean something to me,” she wrote.“Maybe your eyes cast a spell on me lol,” Davis later added. “Baby blues.”In response, Mortensen said Davis was “in character,” essentially “auditioning” for the undercover job.
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