Ballard Claims Victory, as Two Sexual Violence Protective Orders are Granted Against Him – American Crime Journal |

Ballard and O.U.R. employed a PR agency in a brazen try to govern the media and downplay the numerous proven fact that two Sexual Violence Protecting Orders have been granted in opposition to Tim Ballard

This text is now a part of ACJ’s complete investigative collection Derailed: Operation Underground Railroad

On Friday morning, Tim Ballard’s authorized group emailed ACJ, proclaiming victory within the Bree Righter lawsuit in opposition to Tim Ballard and Operation Underground Railroad (OUR). For 5 years, Tim Ballard, OUR, Kirton McConkie, Adam Becker, Peter Schofield, Emily Evans, and their ilk have deftly evaded and ignored inquiries from Lynn Packer and me about Ballard and his doubtful operations. Then, as if by some grotesque choreography, his authorized group reached out to declare a triumph within the Righter case.

ACJ suspected this may be a calculated ruse to divert consideration from much more damning allegations and proof in opposition to Ballard, and it seems we have been right.

Righter’s lawsuit alleged that in a coaching session, two OUR trainees have been engaged in a bout of wrestling when one fell on her, his knee smashing into her face and shattering her eye socket. This grievous damage left her with persistent complications and imaginative and prescient issues.

Righter, a former Marine, additionally leveled accusations in opposition to Ballard and OUR for conspiring to allow sexual misconduct by Ballard and one other OUR worker. Nonetheless, the choose famous that Righter’s attorneys did not allege particular misconduct that might represent a prison act, nor did they supply concrete proof to substantiate the existence of a conspiracy.

Right here is the Righter Case Order to Dismiss:

Sadly, it seems the technique employed by Ballard’s PR group labored total. Whereas Utah media ran with the headline of the Righter case being dismissed, what didn’t make headlines is the truth that two Sexual Violence Protecting Orders in opposition to Tim Ballard have been granted to Kira Lynch and Celeste Borys. These orders have been issued in response to separate lawsuits filed by Lynch and Borys, accusing Ballard of sexual assault and rape. Yesterday, ACJ confirmed with the ladies’s legal professional, Suzette Rasmussen, that “two Sexual Violence Protecting Orders have been granted till the hearings are held on July eighth and eleventh.”

Ballard’s Authorized Workforce Hires Chad Kolton

Chad Kolton, a determine who has navigated the corridors of energy and affect, is the co-founder and Managing Companion of Blueprint Communications. Beforehand, he co-founded and partnered at HDMK, an American public relations agency, the place he served as a spokesperson for the Particular Operations OPSEC Schooling Fund—a task as ambiguous as it’s intriguing.

Kolton’s profession is nothing if not eclectic. From 1998 to 2000, he lived in Moscow as a program director for the Worldwide Republican Institute(sure, I do know. We’ll depart this alone, for now). His subsequent enterprise was as the general public affairs chief for the Federal Emergency Administration Company (FEMA), a task possible rife with spin and injury management. Between 2003 and 2005, he was the press secretary for the Workplace of Administration and Funds, navigating the labyrinthine world of federal funds.

In March 2005, Cassidy & Associates appointed Kolton as senior vp to guide their strategic communications apply. August 2006 noticed his return to the Bush administration as a spokesperson for the Director of Nationwide Intelligence. He earned a repute for rising the DNI’s accessibility to journalists, providing off-the-record briefings on international hotspots, earlier than departing in June 2007.

Kolton later grew to become a spokesperson for the FBI’s Terrorist Screening Heart, earlier than returning to the non-public sector in 2010, the place his experience in public relations continued to serve him properly.

Workforce Ballard’s E mail to ACJ

In almost eight years of working, from our early days as a message board to our evolution into a web site, the contributors of ACJ and I’ve by no means revealed an e mail addressed to us except it was explicitly a part of the story or an official assertion requested in e mail format. We prevented turning into a part of the story. The closest factor we ever revealed to an e mail, was the Stop and Desist, despatched to us by Peter Schofield of Kirton McConkie and behalf of Tim Ballard and Operation Underground Railroad.

Nonetheless, for 5 years, Tim Ballard, OUR, Teyva Ware, Jon Traces, Kirton McConkie, Adam Becker, Peter Schofield, Emily Evans, and others have evaded and ignored questions from Lynn Packer and me relating to Ballard and OUR. Then, yesterday morning, his authorized group reached out to me to say victory within the Righter case. I discovered this pompous, conceited, and actually disturbing—sociopathic and narcissistic.

So I’ve personally made the choice to publish it, because it demonstrates precisely how Ballard, Operation Underground Railroad and his authorized group, manipulated Utah media to publish the Righter case resolution because the headline over the 2 Sexual Violence Protecting Orders granted in opposition to Tim Ballard.

In an e mail addressed to me, Chad Kolton, a member of Tim Ballard’s authorized group, acknowledged:

“My title is Chad Kolton and I work for Tim Ballard’s authorized tea[m]. You had beforehand reported on a civil lawsuit and allegations made by Bree Righter in opposition to Tim Ballard (Righter Lawsuit In opposition to Ballard, O.U.R., and so forth.). That case was dismissed with prejudice by a Utah choose yesterday.”

The one drawback with this declare is, it merely isn’t true. The one portion of the lawsuit in opposition to Ballard dismissed with prejudice have been the claims of negligence by Ballard and OUR that led to Righter’s eye socket being shattered throughout a coaching session at OUR’s gymnasium in Draper. In response to Decide Kristine Johnson, the claims of negligence in opposition to Ballard and OUR have been barred by a legal responsibility waiver Righter had signed.

In response to Decide Johnson’s ruling, “The Criticism as to OUR and Ballard is dismissed with prejudice as a result of Righter’s claims are precluded by the discharge contained within the settlement,” nevertheless, “Alternatively, Righter’s claims in opposition to OUR and Ballard for conspiracy, negligence, and premises legal responsibility are dismissed with out prejudice, as is Righter’s declare in opposition to Ballard for fraud.”

Kolton’s e mail continued, “This follows a number of eyewitness accounts offered on digicam and on the file that Righter’s claims about Ballard being on the coaching at which she was injured and attempting to disclaim her medical care have been fully false – they mentioned Ballard wasn’t even there. In dismissing Righter’s claims, Utah Decide Shaughnessy discovered…“

The one drawback with this assertion is that the choose was not Shaughnessy, however Kristine Johnson. Two authorized advisors based mostly in Utah, whom ACJ consulted following the ruling, described Decide Johnson as “a partisan choose (appointed by Jon Huntsman).” One advisor, a authorized scholar and adjunct professor, continued, “It is a horrible ruling by an activist-type choose who engages in pseudo-law by means of a distorted libertarian partisan lens.”

In bullet format, the e-mail from Ballard’s authorized group tried to regulate the narrative utilizing rigorously crafted statements, usually one-liners (full e mail beneath) from Decide Johnson within the ruling, which misrepresented what precisely was acknowledged.

The e-mail then concluded with, “This dismissal follows a unique choose’s latest dismissal of claims by Celeste and Michael Borys in opposition to Katherine Ballard. In that case, the choose present in his ruling that the plaintiffs had not ‘introduced proof, versus mere allegations.’ (Tim Ballard’s spouse dismissed from lawsuit over ‘couple’s ruse’ over lack of proof). I’m positive your readers would have an interest to understand how this case turned out.”

We’re ready for a reply if Ballard would do a one-on-one interview or take part in an upcoming docuseries, reply a few of these questions on financials and rescues, and elaborate on his documented relationship with Thom Harrison.

Sources and Additional Studying

Lawsuit in opposition to Tim Ballard over coaching incident dismissed by choose (sltrib.com)

Decide dismisses injured Marine’s lawsuit in opposition to Tim Ballard, OUR (fox13now.com)

Civil lawsuit alleging misleading practices in opposition to Tim Ballard dismissed by Utah choose (kutv.com)

Chad Kolton – Wikipedia

Blueprint Communications | Constructing and Implementing Profitable Communications Methods (blueprintcomms.com)

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