 Ryder, who was hired as an independent contractor for Operation Underground Railroad, had been required to go to a strip club in Salt Lake City so that she could prove herself to Tim Ballard and Matt Cooper. On a separate occasion, Ryder also claimed that she was badly injured during an OUR training exercise and that Ballard refused to call an ambulance because he did not want the event on record. The case against Ballard was reportedly dismissed following Ryder's inability to provide substantial evidence in interviews