Nudity on Oklahoma superintendent’s office TV was just a mishap, state House speaker suggests

Nadra Nittle

Education reporter

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As the investigation continues into claims that Oklahoma schools chief Ryan Walters had images of nude women on his office television during a meeting, one state lawmaker is offering a possible explanation: It was just an unfortunate mishap.

Explicit content began playing during an executive session of the State Board of Education in Walters’ office on July 24. A preliminary review of the graphic images that two board members — Becky Carson and Ryan Deatherage — saw on the TV during the meeting suggests the scenes were from a movie that began playing automatically due to a technical glitch with Samsung’s free streaming service. Oklahoma House Speaker Kyle Hilbert on Tuesday described the turn of ev