Mel Gibson Is Not Producing an Operation Underground Railroad Child Sex Trafficking Documentary
thewrap.comMel Gibson is not producing a four-part documentary centered on child sex trafficking, TheWrap has confirmed. False reports of the Oscar-winning actor and filmmaker’s involvement in the project’s development with Operation Underground Railroad began circulating this week, leading Gibson’s publicist and the nonprofit organization’s founder Tim Ballard to release statements debunking the claims.“Mel deserves all the credit for taking the initiative to further the critical work that we do,” Ballard said in a statement Thursday. “I am personally grateful for his support as we worked on this documentary, however reports this four-part series is actually being produced by Mr.
Gibson are not accurate. It’s being produced by Nick Nanton of DNA Films and includes several executive producers such as Kyle Cease, Tony and Sage Robbins and other wonderful and talented people.”The reports came after the founder of the Utah-based organization — himself a former Department of Homeland Security agent — previously suggested the actor was financially supporting a documentary the entity was working on.
The proposed four-part documentary series is slated to cover the underbelly of child sex trafficking in Ukraine. “I told Mel, ‘You gotta help me.
This is gonna be expensive. I won’t ask you for direct donation, but can you help me film this? Let’s film what’s happening so we can get people to understand and they can support us,'” Ballard said during a January press conference in Utah.
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