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2023-07-08 03:52:07 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

RS noted both Ballard and O.U.R. have been under scrutiny due to embellishing their claims. ACJ reported that Ballard lied about his involvement in the case portrayed in the film, and fabricated details about his child sex trafficking activities, as Vice documented https://americancrimejournal.com/the-arrest-of-earl-venton-buchanan/ https://www.vice.com/en/article/k7a3qw/a-famed-anti-sex-trafficking-group-has-a-problem-with-the-truth https://www.vice.com/en/article/bvxev5/inside-a-massive-anti-trafficking-charitys-blundering-overseas-missions https://web.archive.org/web/20210601042815/https://slate.com/human-interest/2021/05/sex-trafficking-raid-operation-underground-railroad.html

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• RS noted both Ballard and O.U.R. have been under scrutiny due to embellishing their claims. ACJ reported that Ballard lied about his involvement in the case portrayed in the film, and fabricated details about his child sex trafficking activities, as Vice documented https://americancrimejournal.com/the-arrest-of-earl-venton-buchanan/ https://www.vice.com/en/article/k7a3qw/a-famed-anti-sex-trafficking-group-has-a-problem-with-the-truth https://www.vice.com/en/article/bvxev5/inside-a-massive-anti-trafficking-charitys-blundering-overseas-missions https://web.archive.org/web/20210601042815/https://slate.com/human-interest/2021/05/sex-trafficking-raid-operation-underground-railroad.html