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Oklahoma Republican Executive Branch Scandals

  • Michael HunterMichael HunterFmr. Attorney General [R-OK]
       
    5/26/21
    Engaged in an extramarital affair with a state government employee which resulted in his resignation from office and dissolution of his marriage
    According to an exclusive report by The Oklahoman

Oklahoma Republican State Legislator Scandals

  • Bryce MarlattBryce MarlattFmr. State Senator [R-OK]
       
    5/09/19
    Forcibly grabbed and kissed his female Uber driver on the neck without her consent while he was married with three children
    He pled guilty to a misdemeanor and was sentenced to 90 days of probation and ordered to pay a $500 fine
    12/03/14
    Passed 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 custody
    According to charging documents filed by local police
  • Ralph ShorteyRalph ShorteyFmr. State Senator [R-OK]Trump 2016 Oklahoma campaign chair
    2/01/19
    Paid 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 outlets
    11/20/17
    Had 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 boy
    According to charging documents filed by federal officials
    11/20/17
    Illegally 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 misdemeanor
    According to charging documents by federal officials
  • Scott EskScott EskFmr. State Rep. Candidate
       
    8/22/22
    Allegedly 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 three
    According to accusations made by his estranged wife in her divorce filing
  • Dean DavisDean DavisState Representative [R-OK]
       
    3/25/23
    Drunkenly 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 premises
    According to charging documents filed by local police
  • Dan KirbyDan KirbyFmr. State Representative
       
    6/28/23
    Swerved 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 oxycodone
    According to charging documents filed by local police
    12/23/16
    Routinely 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 harassment
    According to reports by local and state media
    12/23/16
    Secretly 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 behavior
    According to reports by local and state media

Other Oklahoma Republican Scandals

  • Kevin EtheringtonKevin EtheringtonFmr. Deputy District Attorney
       
    11/28/22
    Had at least 153 videos, pictures and screenshots depicting prepubescent girls being sexually abused and exploited on his home computer
    According to charging documents filed by local police
  • Mike McCullyFmr. Deputy Sheriff [R-OK]
       
    3/12/20
    Was 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 campaign
    According to a report by The Oklahoman
  • Travis BrauerTravis BrauerFmr. Political Aide [R-OK]
       
    8/14/19
    Took 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 means
    Allegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets