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1154: Ruby Franke

Child Abuse, Child Endangerment
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Ruby Franke is/was a mommy vlogger who had a YouTube channel with her husband called “8 Passengers.” In August, her twelve-year-old son ran to the neighbors’ house begging for food and water. The neighbor immediately called the police because the child was emaciated, had bruises and wounds and duct tape on his extremities. When police arrived they called for an ambulance to see to his care. They learned his ten-year-old sister was still tied up, held without food and water at home. The police entered the home, rescued the little girl and arrested Franke.

1142: Tim Ballard

Sexual Harassment, Sexual Misconduct
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Timothy Ballard is the man whose story inspired the film “Sound of Freedom.” He founded Operation Underground Railroad (OUR) with an international mission of fighting human trafficking. According to OUR, its staff includes many former law enforcement and intelligence officers who have conducted raids saving thousands of children from traffickers. However, it is being investigated by the Utah Attorney General. VICE News has conducted years of investigation into OUR and found a patter of distortion and exaggeration of their international rescue efforts and their collaboration with law enforcement in the U.S.

1136: Scott Owen

Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault
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Scott D. Owen was a therapist in Salt Lake City. Mormon church leaders often referred gay church members to him for counseling within the practice of the church. That used to include conversion therapy but now urges celibacy, the kinder, gentler homophobia. A man referred to him in 2015 said that as part of therapy he would tell him to undress and touch him. He said the touching was part of the therapy.

1123: Daniel Waddington

Child Sexual Abuse Material, Nonconsensual Recording
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Daniel Waddington is a former police officer and a former Department of Homeland Security employee. Until recently, he was a Utah Valley University adjunct professor of Criminal Justice. On August 3, 2023, he was arrested for attempted sexual exploitation of a minor and possession of Child Sexual Abuse Material. He was filming a 13-year-old girl in the shower. She saw the phone and informed an adult. He, at first, said he just set the phone down while checking on a barking dog, then he said he was trying to record her singing – audio only.

886: Patricia Kent

Grooming, Improper Conduct or Comments, Sexual Misconduct
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Patricia Kent was a teacher and ran a write-in campaign for county clerk/auditor in Washington County, Utah. Her message was pushing the Big Lie and promising accountable elections. She also talked about drag shows grooming children. She should know from grooming. She was allowed to resign her teaching job in 1996 after her inappropriate relationships…

849: Merrill F. Nelson

Organizational Cover-Up
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He is alleged to have told a Mormon bishop not to report sexual abuse that was confessed to him by the Paul Adams. The bishop called a special help line. Nelson is alleged to have advised Arizona Bishop Herrod that he could be sued if he reported the abuse and that was Arizona law, not just church doctrine. That was false. Arizona’s abuse reporting grants blanket immunity to people who report abuse or neglect.

766: David Broadbent

Child Molestation, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Sexual Battery, Sexual Misconduct
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David Broadbent is a Republican party donor and a gynecologist in Utah. Ninety-four women filed a suit against him alleging sexual abuse. Some of them went to Dr. Broadbent for a premarital exam, a common health visit for Mormon Women. For many women, Broadbent was their first and only gynecologist so they had no experience…