No charges will be filed in Ryan Walters investigation, DA says
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - No charges will be filed following an investigation into alleged nude images appearing on a television in State Superintendent Ryan Walters' office.
An investigation was launched by the Oklahoma Office of Management & Enterprise Services on Monday, July 28, after state board member Becky Carson filed a complaint and spoke with media outlets about allegations of nude women on Walters’ office TV. Fellow board member Ryan Deatherage backed Carson’s claims.
The board members alleged the content was shown during a closed-door executive session during a July 24 board meeting. They said the images showed nude women doing something involving a chiropractic table, and that after Carson confronted Walters, he turned the TV off. Carson’s complaint asked OMES to investigate Walters’s “computers, personal devices, and cell phones.”
House Speaker Kyle Hilbert (R-Bristow) later released a statement pointing to forensic findings that suggest Walters’ office TV was playing The Protector—an R-rated thriller filled with violence, drug use, and multiple scenes of full nudity—when board members claim they saw images of nude women on screen.
Both the Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office and the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation concluded their investigations into the incident and handed their reports over to the District Attorney's Office.
The DA's Office said there was not enough evidence to file criminal charges against Walters.
"After careful review, it has been determined there is insufficient evidence to file criminal charges." said the DA's Office.