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A federal judge dismissed claims from one of several women who had sued anti-human trafficking activist Tim Ballard, saying some pieces of evidence were \u201cwrongfully retrieved\u201d from Ballard\u2019s online accounts.<\/p>\n

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U.S. District Court Judge Robert Shelby\u2019s June 29 ruling came close to a year after a state court dismissed a case brought by the same woman, Celeste Borys. That case was dismissed last July after a state judge found Borys had improperly accessed internal documents that were later used as evidence in the case.<\/p>\n

Shelby ruled to dismiss Borys from the case on similar grounds, saying the improper access to documents \u201cprejudiced Ballard\u201d and \u201cdeprived (him) of the important rights and protections afforded litigants by the formal discovery process. Five other women are still included in the lawsuit.<\/p>\n

Borys has appealed last year\u2019s state court decision, and her attorneys asked the federal court to reconsider the recent ruling last week.<\/p>\n

Borys was one of several women who accused Ballard of inappropriate conduct in lawsuits beginning in 2023. She worked as an executive assistant to Ballard for the organization he founded, Operation Underground Railroad (now OUR Rescue), and later at the Spear Fund. Borys has claimed Ballard manipulated her into sexual contact through a ruse meant to fool sex traffickers.<\/p>\n

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Ballard has repeatedly denied those claims, and later in 2023, alleged that Borys based her claims on documents she obtained illegally from his email and online accounts, which she had access to as his assistant. That evidence has been used in separate cases brought by different accusers against Ballard.<\/p>\n

Alan Mortensen, an attorney representing Borys, said the recent federal court ruling was \u201conly a procedural sanctions issue related to the timing that documents were accessed by Ms. Borys and does not determine whether the sexual misconduct allegations against Ballard are true or whether any acts of sexual violence occurred.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMr. Ballard has consistently prevailed in the multiple court proceedings initiated against him,\u201d said Mark Eisenhut, Ballard\u2019s attorney. \u201cHe and his team are grateful for this recent victory. He is prevailing because the facts are on his side. The evidence consistently demonstrates his innocence.\u201d<\/p>\n

Judge Shelby dismissed Borys\u2019 claims with prejudice but declined to dismiss the claims of five other women involved in the lawsuit. Those claims are all ongoing.<\/p>\n

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