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Oklahoma DA Declines Charges in Ryan Walters Smart‑TV Investigation

Investigators attributed the images to a Samsung Movie Hub film that auto‑played on the office television.

Overview

  • District Attorney Vicki Zemp Behenna said there was insufficient evidence to file criminal charges after reviewing law enforcement reports.
  • Sheriff Tommie Johnson III said the office TV was tuned to Samsung’s Movie Hub and was showing Jackie Chan’s 1985 film The Protector, which includes nudity.
  • Samsung confirmed the movie was playing, and investigators showed still frames to board members Becky Carson and Ryan Deatherage, who said the images matched what they saw.
  • Johnson characterized the occurrence as an accident with no malicious intent and said no one was found at fault.
  • Walters called the inquiry the “biggest witch hunt in Oklahoma history,” while Carson said the charging decision does not change her concerns about what she witnessed.