Oklahoma Republican Scandals | Updated List of GOP Scandals in OK
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Oklahoma Republican Executive Branch Scandals
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Michael HunterFmr. Attorney General [R-OK]5/26/21Engaged in an extramarital affair with a state government employee which resulted in his resignation from office and dissolution of his marriageAccording to an exclusive report by The Oklahoman
Oklahoma Republican State Legislator Scandals
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Bryce MarlattFmr. State Senator [R-OK]5/09/19Forcibly grabbed and kissed his female Uber driver on the neck without her consent while he was married with three childrenHe pled guilty to a misdemeanor and was sentenced to 90 days of probation and ordered to pay a $500 fine12/03/14Passed out in his GMC pickup with his head against the steering wheel and the truck still in gear at 3am and reeked of alcohol when police arrived who then woke him up and took him into custodyAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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Ralph ShorteyFmr. State Senator [R-OK]Trump 2016 Oklahoma campaign chair2/01/19Paid for sex with a 17-year-old minor boy he found on Craigslist at a local Super 8 Motel while also being a married father with four young children and an avid supporter of Anti-LGBT legislation who proclaimed he was a “family values Republican”Allegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets11/20/17Had multiple felony videos that police said "depicts a man engaging in sexually explicit conduct with a prepubescent girl" on his laptop when police found him in a hotel room with an underage boyAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials11/20/17Illegally consumed marijuana with a teenage boy he met on Craigslist in a hotel room after he cosponsored a bill that would have made it so people who get caught with even small amounts of marijuana would be charged with a felony instead of a misdemeanorAccording to charging documents by federal officials
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Scott EskFmr. State Rep. Candidate8/22/22Allegedly made frequent phone calls to a "house of prostitution" presumably to have sex with the women who worked there while also being a married father of threeAccording to accusations made by his estranged wife in her divorce filing
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Dean DavisState Representative [R-OK]3/25/23Drunkenly told police officers they had no idea “how bad you messed up" and claimed they "cannot detain" him because he was a state representative after getting arrested for ignoring repeated commands to leave a bar that had closed at 2am and could no longer have alcohol consumed on the premisesAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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Dan KirbyFmr. State Representative6/28/23Swerved off the road and crashed his motorcycle killing his girlfriend who was riding with him while under the influence of alcohol and a cocktail of illicit and unprescribed pharmaceutical drugs including amphetamine, tramadol and oxycodoneAccording to charging documents filed by local police12/23/16Routinely pestered his legal assistant -- who was thirty years younger than him -- to text topless photos of herself and go with him to a local strip club which she did presumably because she was afraid of losing her job and then fired her after she reported his harassmentAccording to reports by local and state media12/23/16Secretly paid $44,500 in taxpayer money to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by his former assistant that he fired after she complained about his behaviorAccording to reports by local and state media
Other Oklahoma Republican Scandals
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Kevin EtheringtonFmr. Deputy District Attorney11/28/22Had at least 153 videos, pictures and screenshots depicting prepubescent girls being sexually abused and exploited on his home computerAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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Mike McCullyFmr. Deputy Sheriff [R-OK]3/12/20Was fired by his Republican boss he was running against in a sheriff's election who claimed he improperly arrested an innocent black man, was insubordinate, disobeyed the chain of command and misused trademarked county images for his campaignAccording to a report by The Oklahoman
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Travis BrauerFmr. Political Aide [R-OK]8/14/19Took photos or a video up a woman's skirt while she was seated at a state House legislative meeting and later destroyed his mobile phone after searching "how to completely wipe a phone before police" in a failed attempt to delete evidence which police were able to recover through other meansAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets