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Salt Lake City declines to charge anti-child-trafficking activist with sexual assault

Man in blazer and red white and blue T-shirt that says God's children are not for sale.
Tim Ballard attends the premiere of Sound of Freedom on 28 June 2023 in Vineyard, Utah. Photograph: Fred Hayes/Getty Images for Angel Studios

A district attorney based in Salt Lake City is declining to file charges against the founder of an anti-child-trafficking organization – made famous by the 2023 movie Sound of Freedom – in the wake of sexual assault claims by several women in lawsuits.

Sim Gill, the district attorney, issued a statement Friday saying there is “insufficient admissible evidence”, and his office has declined to file charges against Tim Ballard in connection with the allegations.

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