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Earlier this week, Tim Ballard and Operation Underground Railroad (OUR), the nonprofit he founded, were hit with a lawsuit by five women. The lawsuit (in addition to naming Ballard, OUR, and various entities connected to the pair) cited fraud, battery, and sexual abuse.

Ballard allegedly employed a "couples ruse" to sexually abuse women.

According to the lawsuit's plaintiffs, the OUR founder said he and the women in question needed to practice tantric massages and other sex acts to create "chemistry" that would help them during undercover ops to rescue kids from traffickers.

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One woman in the initial lawsuit even alleges that Ballard ignored a safe word from her when she was being groped by a female trafficker while undercover. All women in the first case also claim when they reported Ballard's conduct to OUR staff, the company did nothing to protect them.

Now, Ballard, OUR, and other groups face a second lawsuit. This time, the lawsuit in question comes from a couple alleging that sexual misconduct and other abuses from Ballard damaged their marriage.

What to know about the second lawsuit against Ballard, OUR

Driving the second lawsuit is a couple known by the initials AA and FT. Listed as defendants in the suit are the following:

• Tim Ballard
• Operation Underground Railroad
• The Spear Fund
• Rockwell Group Inc.
• Liberty and Light
• Slave Stealers LLC
• Children Need Families Foundation
• Deacon Inc.
• Janet Russon
• Craig Anderson
• Julian Ann Blake
• Wes Mortenson
• Ben Pack
• Mark Reynolds
• Stephan Fairbanks

The filing also states that Ballard used the "couples ruse" as an excuse to fly women across the nation for lap dances, massages from escorts, and tantric yoga.

Furthermore, the plaintiffs accuse Ballard of pressuring female undercover ops workers to receive Brazilian waxes and engage in sexual acts with him at safe houses.

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Apparently, even in these safe houses, Ballard stated the human traffickers could be secretly watching himself and the women working with him.

Meanwhile, when these women began to suspect something was amiss, Ballard cited his own expertise in overseas undercover rescue missions. OUR, rather than intervening to stop the alleged abuse, reportedly told the women they'd be endangering everyone's lives if they dared to question Ballard.

More from the plaintiffs

AA and FT both shared graphic and disturbing accounts that describe their alleged interactions with Ballard and the adverse impacts he had on their marriage.

The woman, AA, maintains that after working with Ballard on various OUR ops, she followed him to The Spear Fund. This is an organization founded by Ballard post his exit from OUR.

According to AA, Ballard engaged in the following troublesome behaviors:

• Failing to meet the payment terms he agreed to when she joined The Spear Fund
• Telling her he wanted to shoot himself in the head
• Telling his "henchman" Radd Barrett to make threats against FT, which Barrett allegedly followed through on via a voice message
• Lifting up her clothes in a private hotel room, telling her she had a "hot body," and imitating sex acts on a bed
• Having strippers give himself and AA "couples messages" that involved AA being vaginally penetrated
• Leaving her alone during ops with multiple traffickers in the room who photographed her

AA states that Ballard violated, isolated, manipulated, and guilt-tripped her for his own gain. She also believes the OUR founder's request for her to join The Spear Fund was a covert way of shielding himself from other women accusing him of misconduct.

AA additionally maintains that OUR failed to stop any of the alleged conduct from Ballard or offer her any support. Instead, the organization that promotes itself as saving women and kids from sex trafficking allegedly placed AA in positions to increase Ballard's access to her.

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FT on how Ballard impacted his marriage

FT, the husband of AA, described in the lawsuit Ballard's reported impacts on his marriage. According to him, before he or his wife came across OUR, they had a strong, loving, and stable union with one another.

Moreover, the plaintiff asserts that Ballard suffers from a "messiah complex." FT also says Ballard harassed him at his place of work, in addition to engaging in the following behaviors:

• Sabotaging FT's ability to work or earn income
• Ruining his relationship with AA, AA's family, and the children he shares with AA
• Brainwashing and manipulating "well-meaning" women to commit "unspeakable" acts
• Maintaining a "cultish" atmosphere within OUR where no one could question the company
• Failing to give direct answers about the security teams, insurance, and AA's role pertaining to ops
• Exaggerating the number of kids AA would be able to help rescue on ops
• Intentionally isolating AA, making her uncomfortable on ops, sexually harassing her, limiting her ability to communicate with FT while away
• Forcing AA to book flights, hotels, and other travel arrangements in her own name and on her own credit cards
• Making AA take "boudoir style" pictures
• Lying to AA about future job opportunities within OUR
• Diminishing AA's light as a human being
• Occupying copious amount of AA's time to the extent of it interfering with her home life, family time, family vacations, etc.
• "Obsessively" calling AA for personal consolations at all times of the day and night
• Sending AA text messages about "handjobs" and "blowjobs"
• Contacting FT's place of employment and falsely accusing him of being involved in an international assassination plot

According to FT, since he and his wife came across OUR and Ballard, he's suffered sleepless nights and thoughts of suicide. FT's statement in the lawsuit ends by him warning that Ballard cares for nothing but himself, his money, his image, and his own personal advancement.

FT also says while he lacks certainty that he and AA will be able to repair their marriage, he knows it will "never be the same" again.

Denial from Ballard

In the wake of the second lawsuit against himself and OUR, Ballard signed onto a statement that denies the aforementioned allegations against him.