Category: ACJ Investigates
Original investigations, case files, timelines, and evidence-based reporting examining crime, justice, and accountability.
UPDATE: LDS Church Stake Appeared to Sponsor an ‘Evening with Tim Ballard’
Months after the LDS Church publicly denounced Tim Ballard, cited “morally unacceptable” conduct, and severed ties with the former O.U.R. founder, an event appearing to…
Ballard Claims Victory, as Two Sexual Violence Protective Orders are Granted Against Him
As Ballard’s team celebrated the dismissal of portions of a civil case, two Sexual Violence Protective Orders were simultaneously issued against him in separate proceedings…
Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes and Tim Ballard Become Targets of Joint Criminal Investigation
Prosecutors in Salt Lake and Davis counties launched a joint criminal probe examining allegations involving Tim Ballard, Operation Underground Railroad, and Utah Attorney General Sean…
It’s Time to Ask Tough Questions about Who Operation Underground Railroad Calls “Traffickers”
The problem of honesty and the retributive impulse 1. Crimes and Liars Last summer, Utah journalist Lynn Packer broke the news that Tim Ballard, founder…
M. Russell Ballard in VentureLand
Celebrated in death as a business visionary and spiritual giant, M. Russell Ballard’s entrepreneurial record tells a far more complicated story. This report examines the…
The Tonopah Lead, Highway 6, and the Statistical Problem with Assumptions
Examining the evidence, witness sightings, search efforts, FBI involvement, and the unresolved Tonopah lead in the disappearance of Karlie Guse Five years after the disappearance…
Owner of Nevada Brothel Became ‘Major Stakeholder’ In Operation Underground Railroad
As Tim Ballard publicly condemned prostitution and pornography, Operation Underground Railroad accepted tens of thousands of dollars from Nevada brothel owner Lance Gilman, who later…
Married Couple Launches Second Lawsuit Against Tim Ballard
A second lawsuit against Tim Ballard and Operation Underground Railroad expands the growing legal battle, adding new allegations, claims of retaliation, and accusations that Ballard’s…
Lawsuit Against OUR and Tim Ballard Alleges Sexual Misconduct, Battery & Fraud
Five women accuse Tim Ballard of sexual assault, battery, fraud, and coercive misconduct, alleging that Operation Underground Railroad enabled and concealed a pattern of abuse…
Mormon Apostle M. Russell Ballard: Victim or Accomplice?
After the LDS Church publicly distanced itself from Tim Ballard and denied that Apostle M. Russell Ballard had any involvement in Ballard’s financial ventures, newly…
