Tim Ballard, the founder of the renowned anti-child slavery organization, Operation Underground Railroad (O.U.R), and the inspirational figure behind the film Sound of Freedom has been accused of sexually harassing seven women during overseas missions and taking advantage of a Mormon elder.
According to a report by Vice News, Ballard, who was portrayed by Jim Cavaziel in Sound of Freedom, shockingly resigned from his position in June after O.U.R initiated an investigation into the troubling claims of sexual misconduct. Report suggests, Ballard allegedly pressured women to act as his “wife” on undercover missions designed to rescue victims of sex trafficking. He is accused of insisting that they share a bed or shower with him during these missions, purportedly to deceive traffickers.
What’s even more distressing is that Ballard, a former Department of Homeland Security official, stands accused of sending an explicit photo of himself in underwear to one woman and inquiring about her willingness to go to extreme lengths to save trafficked children.