District attorney in Utah declines to charge founder of anti-child-trafficking organization

A territory lawyer based successful Salt Lake City is declining to record charges against the laminitis of an anti-child-trafficking enactment made celebrated by a 2023 movie

SALT LAKE CITY -- A territory lawyer based successful Salt Lake City is declining to record charges against the laminitis of an anti-child-trafficking enactment — made celebrated by the 2023 movie “Sound of Freedom” — successful the aftermath of sexual battle claims by respective women successful lawsuits.

Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill issued a connection Friday saying determination is “insufficient admissible evidence" and his bureau has declined to record charges against Tim Ballard successful transportation with the allegations.

“It does not mean that we disbelieve oregon diminish a survivor’s account, but alternatively that the instrumentality requires grounds beardown capable to region each tenable uncertainty for a jury,” Gill said successful the statement.

In 2 lawsuits, women person accused Ballard of exploiting his presumption arsenic laminitis of Operation Underground Railroad and their tendency to assistance combat kid trafficking to maltreatment them.

One suit has been dismissed with an entreaty pending, and different is inactive active, the Salt Lake City Tribune reported.

Ballard has denied immoderate wrongdoing and allegations successful the lawsuits. Attorneys for Ballard could not instantly beryllium reached for comment.

He resigned from Operation Underground Railroad amid the intersexual battle allegations.

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