Not a shock: VICE Media has revealed that the man upon whose adventures “Sound of Freedom” was based on has been accused of sexual harassment and ousted from the anti-trafficking organization he started.
In the movie, which made $200 million this summer thanks to church groups buy blocks of tickets and giving them away for free, Jim Caviezel played Tim Ballard. Ballard’s anti-trafficking group is called OUR aka Operation Underground Railroad. Many people don’t know he was ousted from the group earlier this year following an investigation into claims of sexual misconduct involving seven women.
So much for an Oscar campaign.
Everything about “Sound of Freedom” has been questionable starting with the way it was marketed and sold. That the central hero in the film turns out to be not what he seemed is no shock.
Read the VICE story here. And below is a video expose from investigative journalist Lynn K. Packer.
