The story of the Oklahoma summer is finally over.
Yesterday afternoon, Oklahoma County DA Vicki Behenna announced that her office found “insufficient evidence” to file criminal charges against anyone associated with Ryan Walters’ Nudiegate, bringing a somewhat disappointing end to what, for the most part, ended up being the Oklahoma story of the summer.
Via The Oklahoman:
Oklahoma County District Attorney Vicki Behenna says her office won’t file criminal charges after two Oklahoma State Board of Education members reported seeing images of naked women on a television inside of state schools Superintendent Ryan Walters’ office during an executive session of a board meeting.
“After careful review, it has been determined there is insufficient evidence to file criminal charges,” according to a two-sentence news release issued by Behenna’s office on Wednesday, Sept. 17.
The announcement came about a month after the Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office turned over results of an investigation into the incident performed by that agency and the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation.
Seriously, that’s it? I thought Nudiegate was part of a covert effort by Kevin Stitt, State Board members, and their teacher union allies to bring down Ryan Walters. At the very least, shouldn’t they be hit with conspiracy and obscenity charges for playing the bushiest scenes from The Protector during a board meeting?
Once DA Behenna dropped her news, Oklahoma County Sheriff Tommie Johnson — the guy in charge of the law enforcement investigation — held a press conference that felt like one of those “after the episode” specials that shows air after the season finale. They had a live audience, funny quips from panelists, etc.