Oklahoma Superintendent Ryan Walters under investigation for claims of video of naked women playing in office

On Monday, the Oklahoma Sheriff’s Office confirmed that it is currently reviewing last week’s State Board of Education meeting after State Superintendent Ryan Walters reportedly had a video of naked women playing in his office.

After last Thursday’s executive session meeting, Becky Carson and Ryan Deatherage, the two board members who saw the video, gave their account of the incident to The Oklahoman. Both said they were stunned to see naked women walking across a screen in Walters’ office during the closed-door meeting.

“I saw them just walking across the screen, and I’m like, ‘no.” I’m sorry I even have to use this language, but I’m like, ‘Those are her nipples.’ And then I’m like, ‘That’s pubic hair.’ What in the world am I watching?” Carson told The Oklahoman.  “I didn’t watch a second longer … I was so disturbed by it, I was like, ‘What is on your TV?’ I was very stern, like I’d been a mother or a classroom teacher. And I said, ‘What am I watching? Turn it off now!’”

Although Carson and Deatherage were reportedly the only two board members who could see the screen, a third member named Chris Van Denhende described Walters’ reaction as “consistent with something inappropriate being viewed.” Deatherage noted that his back was to the video screen and therefore wouldn’t have been in Walters’ direct view.

Walters vehemently denied the allegations in an X post on Sunday, calling them a “politically motivated attack.”

As I lead the charge for a bold overhaul of education in Oklahoma, putting parents back in control, rejecting radical agendas, and demanding excellence: it’s no surprise to face politically motivated attacks.

Any suggestion that a device of mine was used to stream inappropriate…

— Ryan Walters (@RyanWalters_) July 27, 2025

Walters was elected to serve a five-year term as Oklahoma’s State Superintendent in 2022. Last year, Walters issued a mandate that all public schools in the state had to teach the Bible, calling it a “necessary document to teach kids.” Meanwhile, he has dodged responsibility and attacked the press for reporting on the state being at the bottom of state school rankings.

As a firm believer in the MAGA movement, Walters also required Oklahoma high schools to teach President Donald Trump’s disproven lies about the 2020 presidential election results.