Lawsuit alleging Tim Ballard tried to intimidate critics is dismissed. Lawyers say they will re-file it

A state judge has dismissed another lawsuit filed against Tim Ballard — this one brought by a woman who said he’d attempted to silence her criticism of him and Operation Underground Railroad, the anti-trafficking organization he founded.

Attorneys for the woman who brought the suit, Suzanne Whitehead, said they plan to re-file the suit against Ballard — as the judge allowed — and appeal the dismissal of the claim against OUR.

Whitehead worked for an anti-trafficking group in Nepal and had publicly challenged OUR’s claims about how many children it had rescued, the quality of aftercare the children receive and accused OUR of taking credit for work her organization had done.

Whitehead’s lawsuit alleged that after she posted her criticism on social media, Ballard and an associate contacted her supervisor, trying to get her to take down the posts and convince her to stop criticizing Ballard and OUR. Her boss also told her that Attorney General Sean Reyes had called about her posts, according to the lawsuit

Her lawsuit had originally named Reyes as a defendant, accusing him of using his position to intimidate her, but after Reyes apologized to Whitehead she dropped her claims against him.

Ballard’s attorneys argued their client’s conduct did not rise to the level of harassment or intimidation and that Ballard can’t be held responsible for the actions or statements of others. Even if he could, the lawyers argued, it did not rise to the level of “outrageous” behavior as defined by the law.

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Lawsuit alleging Tim Ballard tried to intimidate critics is dismissed. Lawyers say they will re-file it

Lawsuit alleging Tim Ballard tried to intimidate critics is dismissed. Lawyers say they will re-file it

Lawsuit alleging Tim Ballard tried to intimidate critics is dismissed. Lawyers say they will re-file it

Lawsuit alleging Tim Ballard tried to intimidate critics is dismissed. Lawyers say they will re-file it

Lawsuit alleging Tim Ballard tried to intimidate critics is dismissed. Lawyers say they will re-file it