Former Senator Going To Jail For Violating Parole In Uber Sex Assault Case

OKLAHOMA CITY –  A judge has revoked parole for a former Oklahoma state senator convicted of sexually assaulting a female Uber driver in Oklahoma City.

Court records show the 90-day parole of 42-year-old Bryce Marlatt , a republican from Woodward, was revoked Tuesday after Marlatt admitted he was drunk when he crashed his car on March 21. The incident happened just 13 days after he was sentenced to parole when he pleaded guilty to assault and battery as part of a plea deal in which a felony sexual battery charge was reduced to a misdemeanor.

Marlatt will now have to serve 90 days in jail.

Marlatt resigned in September 2017, shortly after the felony charge was filed. His arrest was among a series of sex scandals involving Republicans at the Oklahoma Capitol in 2017.

Defense attorney Carl Hughes said Marlatt recognized the DUI as a wake-up call and has completed treatment, but told the judge “It seems like 90 days is an awfully long time to be in the Oklahoma County jail.”