A complaint filed by James Huntsman alleged that Ensign Peak assets grew from $12 billion at its start, in 1997, to $100 billion in 2019. It said Ensign had not directly funded any religious, educational or charitable activities in 22 years but had paid $2 billion to bail out a church-run insurance company and build the high-end shopping mall, City Creek. Huntsman asked the church for millions back in tithes, initially keeping the dispute from his family to keep them out of it. When the church declined, he filed a lawsuit.