Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office hands findings in Ryan Walters investigation to DA's office

The Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office says it has concluded its investigation of claims against State Superintendent Ryan Walters, and now they are handing their findings over to the Oklahoma County District Attorney's Office.

OCSO did not say what their findings on the investigation were and said that since the case is now in the hands of the District Attorney, they cannot discuss specifics in the investigation.

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On July 24, Becky Carson and Ryan Deatherage claimed they saw a video of nude women playing on the TV in Walters' office during a closed-door board meeting. At the time, Walters claimed that the statements the board members made were a politically motivated attack. Walters also said that he did not know that anything inappropriate might have been shown on the screen. In late July, the Office of Office of Management and Enterprise Services (OMES) referred the matter to OCSO to conduct an investigation.

In August, Oklahoma House Speaker Kyle Hilbert said the video featuring nude women, as reported by two state board members, appears to have been a scene from a movie airing on television. He said after looking at what channel the TV was on and finding the programming list, it showed that "The Protector (1985)" and "The Foreigner (2017)" played around the time the meeting took place and had scenes matching the board members’ descriptions.

FULL TIMELINE: Timeline of Events: Walters TV controversy & investigation

The statement OCSO put out regarding the investigation said,

“The Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office has concluded its investigation involving Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters. On July 24, two board members reported seeing inappropriate images on Walters’ TV during a closed-door meeting. The State Office of Management and Enterprise Services asked us to investigate the claims on July 28. After a thorough investigation, our office is now turning over its findings to the Oklahoma County District Attorney’s Office. Because the case is now in the hands of the DA, we can’t discuss the specifics of our findings. At the closure of this case in its entirety we will discuss the case more in depth.”

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