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The Guardian - US
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Richard Luscombe

US anti-child trafficking activist resigns after sexual harassment allegations

Tim Ballard attends the premiere of Sound of Freedom on 28 June 2023 in Vineyard, Utah.
Tim Ballard attends the premiere of Sound of Freedom on 28 June 2023 in Vineyard, Utah. Photograph: Fred Hayes/Getty Images for Angel Studios

The anti-child slavery activist Tim Ballard, whose work was dramatized in the movie Sound of Freedom, resigned from the Operation Underground Railroad (Our) organization he founded amid allegations he sexually harassed colleagues, it was reported on Monday.

Ballard, a former adviser to the Trump administration on child sexual trafficking, who is reported to be exploring a run for a US Senate seat in Utah, resigned abruptly from the group in June for then-unknown reasons.

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