Lawyer: Oklahoma lawmaker 'shocked' by assault complaint

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press


Sean Murphy, Associated Press
Updated 5:53 pm, Thursday, July 6, 2017


OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A Republican state senator from Oklahoma accused of forcefully grabbing an Uber driver and kissing her neck while she drove him to a hotel is "shocked" by the driver's allegations, the lawmaker's attorney said Thursday.

The driver reported the incident to Oklahoma City police June 28, two days after she says it happened, by flagging down a police officer at a convenience store a few blocks from the state Capitol.

 
Attorney Robert Don Gifford confirmed to The Associated Press that his client, state Sen. Bryce Marlatt of Woodward, is the person named in a redacted police report that details the Uber driver's complaint of the June 26 incident. Gifford said Marlatt was unaware of the driver's complaint until Marlatt was contacted by Uber.

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Marlatt is the third Republican Oklahoma legislator to face allegations of sexual misconduct this year. State Rep. Dan Kirby of Tulsa resigned in February after being accused of sexually harassing two former legislative assistants, and Sen. Ralph Shortey of Oklahoma City stepped down in March after being charged with child prostitution after prosecutors say he solicited sex from a 17-year-old boy.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/AP-source-Oklahoma-state-senator-accused-of-Uber-11270423.php

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Sen. Bryce Marlatt

[Solly Mack]

1. He's shocked that any woman would complain having been flattered so by his attentions.

Asswipe.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. This fine gentleman is a God, lest we forget Trump's lessons

“I’m automatically attracted to beautiful women — I just start kissing them, it’s like a magnet. Just kiss. I don’t even wait. And when you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything," he said in the 2005 conversation.

http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/trump-hot-mic-when-you-re-star-you-can-do-n662116

[christx30]

12. I guess he isn't as big of a star

as he thinks he is. I mean, he's just a state senator. That commands almost no respect. It's not like he's a real estate mogul who buys a pageant, and uses the implied threat of firing someone to get sexual favors.

[ornotna]

3. Poor Bryce

Looks like he's either been swimming in an over chlorinated pool or crying his little eyes out. Who knew it was against the law to grab and fondle a woman without her given consent.

[mr_lebowski]

8. You forgot option 3 ...

He was fcking TRASHED when they picked him up ...

He looks lit up like a xmas tree to me ... look at the first pic, then the 2nd ... look how PINNED his pupils are in the 2nd one ... dude is high AS FUCK, and not just on booze and/or weed, mark my words ... my bet is on opioids ... AND something else.

Expect to hear he's checked into rehab in the next 48 hours ...

[7962]

4. Shocked, SHOCKED I tell you!

Was that wrong?

[sakabatou]

13. Your winnings, sir

[keithbvadu2]

5. A hoodie? He's wearing a hoodie? Isn't that a bad thing to do?

A hoodie? He's wearing a hoodie? Isn't that a bad thing to do?

[Marcuse]

11. A hoodie gives some people a license to kill.

[jberryhill]

6. Is there something in the water in their capital?

[mbusby]

7. Yeah...

...it's swimming with republicans.

[Bengus81]

9. His defense might be...at least it wasn't child PORN and prostitution like Shortey!!

Seriously,Oklahoma--big Jesus capital of the US has more guys like this than anywhere. I remember a study years ago where the most subscriptions to on-line PORN were in Oklahoma.

[dalton99a]

10. His defense: "I am a Republican state senator"

[riversedge]

14. " Marlatt is the third Republican Oklahoma legislator to face allegations of sexual misconduct this"

Whow.