Judge dismisses injured Marine’s lawsuit against Tim Ballard, OUR

SALT LAKE CITY — One of five lawsuits against Tim Ballard and Operation Underground Railroad has been dismissed.

Bree Righter is a licensed social worker and former Marine who accused Ballard of refusing to call an ambulance after she was injured while exercising at our gym in Draper.

She accidentally kneed herself in the face, breaking her eye socket.

“I have no peripheral vision,” Righter said. “This is all double vision, and I will live with this for the rest of my life.”

Two witnesses who cooperated with Ballard disagreed with her version of events.

Judge Kristine Johnson dismissed the lawsuit because Righter signed a waiver before attending the training that voluntarily released the organization from liability “for any injury or damage, including death.”

Righter is also suing Matthew Cooper for fraud, negligence and sexual assault.

She is one of seven plaintiffs who say Ballard invented a technique called the “couple trick,” in which potential partners develop “sexual chemistry” with each other before going on secret missions.

Cooper is one of Ballard’s friends and employees. The case is ongoing.

“Ballard attempted to provoke defendant Cooper to be more sexually aggressive in a ruse of pairings with (Righter), which resulted in (Righter) being sexually touched by defendant Cooper under false pretenses both at a luxury resort and while attending clubs with strip clubs and massage parlors in the British Virgin Islands,” according to the complaint.

Ballard still faces four other civil lawsuits.

This week, two women accused Ballard of sexual assault and filed for protection orders.

Celeste Borys and Kira Lynch say Ballard tricked them into acting out sexual situations, claiming it was part of a secret technique to rescue child victims of sex trafficking.

Lynch said Ballard undressed her and attacked her while she begged him to stop.

Boris and Lynch also reported their cases to the police.

Numerous criminal investigations are ongoing.