Remember the good old days when Oklahoma politicians were indicted for simple things like embezzlement, bribery, fraud, fundraising violations, tax evasion or even a traditional D.U.I.? How do we go back to them?
In what will go down as one of the saddest and most embarrassing days in Oklahoma politics, TWO Oklahoma lawmakers were charged with sex crimes on Wednesday.
Bryce Marlatt, the guy who enjoys what you would call a bourbon and Coke or 10, got things started when OKC police charged him with sexual battery following that incident with an Uber driver from a couple of months ago.
Via a Nolan What You Would Call A Clay article on NewsOK.com:
State Sen. Bryce Marlatt was charged Wednesday with sexual battery after Oklahoma City police completed an investigation into an Uber driver's complaint.
Marlatt, R-Woodward, was charged in Oklahoma County District Court with the felony offense. His defense attorney declined to comment Wednesday evening.
The Uber driver told police Marlatt, 40, "made advances on her during transit," according to a police report. She specifically complained he grabbed her forcefully and kissed her on the neck while she was driving in Oklahoma City late June 26...
She told the detective that Marlatt said, "Hey, you got nice t - - -," when she first picked him up at a restaurant, according to a court affidavit. She said she had observed him "stumbling to her car."
She also said he talked about being employed "in the oil field" and "made a comment that if she worked for him then he would 'feel' her up," according to the affidavit.
She said he asked her to go to his hotel for a drink with him but she declined. She said he told her to change his destination to The Pump Bar after making a phone call.
She said he first grabbed her, after moving behind her seat, in an attempt to kiss her, according to the affidavit. She said he then kissed her on the right side of her neck down to her shoulder.
She said Marlatt began kicking the back door after she told him to sit down and not touch her or she was calling the police, according to the affidavit.