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Oklahoma DA Declines Charges in Ryan Walters TV Incident

Prosecutors cited insufficient evidence after investigators traced the images to a Samsung channel that auto‑played a 1985 Jackie Chan film.

Overview

  • District Attorney Vicki Zemp Behenna said her office would not file criminal charges after reviewing reports from the Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office and the OSBI.
  • Sheriff Tommie Johnson III said investigators found no one at fault and briefed reporters after the decision was announced.
  • Investigators determined the office television was tuned to Samsung's Movie Hub/TV Plus and displayed The Protector (1985), which includes scenes with nude women, and Samsung confirmed the film was playing.
  • Board members Becky Carson and Ryan Deatherage, who first reported seeing explicit images during a July executive session, confirmed that stills from the film matched what they observed.
  • House Speaker Kyle Hilbert’s separate review reached the same conclusion about the TV content, and Walters, who had denied wrongdoing, later called the probe a "witch hunt" while Carson maintained the decision does not change what occurred.