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Sound of Freedom, a film about anti-child-trafficking activist Tim Ballard , has been in the cross fires of two separate sexual misconduct scandals.
Vice News report unearthed allegations made against Ballard relating to his departure from Operation Underground Railroad .
Ballard , a former Department of Homeland Security official, was accused of misconduct by seven female OUR employees while on undercover overseas missions to expose child trafficking.
Ballard denied the allegations after the report’s publication.
A Missouri man was among the more than 6,600 backers of the film.
Fabian Marta was arrested for being an accessory to child kidnapping.
He was one of thousands who jointly invested a reported $5 million on behalf of Angel Studios' marketing campaign for Sound of Freedom.
A spokesperson for OUR said Ballard did not comment on Vice.
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