Days after Attorney General Gentner Drummond “determined insufficient evidence exists to support criminal charges against Oklahoma County Commissioner Myles Davidson,” a Cleveland County judge granted a three-year protective order to the woman who accused Davidson of repeated sexual harassment and assault.
For about an hour Wednesday, Davidson and the woman — whose name is not being cited as an alleged victim of sexual assault — testified before Associate District Judge Bethany Stanley, who ultimately granted the protective order that was originally requested in September.
“In my view, the plaintiff has met her burden,” Stanley said as she announced her decision.
Represented by attorney Matt Swain, the woman testified that she came to know Davidson through her employment at an organization that works with Oklahoma’s circuit engineering districts, eight combinations of counties that collaborate for infrastructure — like roads — that cross county borders. Davidson, a longtime county employee first elected to office in 2022, had represented Oklahoma County in CED 5 prior to the woman’s allegations becoming public.
Davidson declined to answer questions from reporters on the way out of the courtroom. He briefly exchanged an expressionless look with his wife, who attended Wednesday’s hearing and who confrontationally texted the woman last summer to accuse her of “fucking around” with her husband.
Speaking to media outside the judge’s chambers, Swain said he was “glad that, finally, a neutral party without any biases has been able to look at this case.” Swain suggested Davidson stonewalled Oklahoma City police during their criminal investigation, which occurred in a political environment owing to his position.
“In the criminal investigation, Mr. Davidson did not testify at all — did not talk to detectives — and he wasn’t cooperative in their investigation,” Swain said. “So I’m just thrilled that he took the stand today. The judge was able to hear from both sides and, after doing so, decided that a protective order was warranted.”
The woman accused Davidson of repeated improper and unwelcome behavior, including allegations that he touched her breast on a work trip in July and began masturbating in front of her while intoxicated in her hotel room.
“Throughout this whole process, she’s really felt like nobody has been listening,” Swain said. “She’s overwhelmed and happy that this is all over with.”
Accuser: ‘What the fuck are you doing!’
Late last week, Drummond’s office informed Davidson’s attorney, Ed Blau, that criminal charges would not be filed as a result of OKCPD’s investigation, which lingered for about six months and led to the VPO hearing’s delay multiple times. Despite Drummond’s decision not to prosecute Davidson, however, Swain’s client chose to testify Wednesday in pursuit of the protective order.
Questioned by Swain, the woman told the court about several instances of unwanted contact with Davidson.
On one occasion, during a ride in a crowded elevator at the Oklahoma State Capitol in March 2025, the woman said Davidson put his finger on her buttocks. On another occasion in Oklahoma City, the woman had a working lunch with Davidson, saying he picked her up in his county-issued vehicle. After lunch, the woman said Davidson pulled the vehicle into a secluded industrial area and touched her breasts.
Based on a prior incident where the woman said Davidson had taken her hand and placed it on his penis, she told the court she had alerted a friend about her fears regarding the work-related lunch.
“I shared my location with a friend so that she would know where I was at all times that day,” she said.
She also went into graphic detail about a July incident in a hotel room in Philadelphia, where both she and Davidson were staying. During that encounter, the woman said Davidson loudly knocked on her door and began shouting, “It’s me!” through the door.
Fearing a public incident, the woman allowed Davidson into her room. The woman said Davidson was visibly intoxicated. At one point, she said, Davidson revealed his penis and began masturbating in front of her while telling the woman that he loved her and that he wanted to be with her. The woman, who said Davidson was sitting on her bed, told the court he then rolled over on her and attempted to remove her underwear. At that time, she said she screamed, “What the fuck are you doing?”
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She said Davidson left her room shortly after. The pair saw each other the next day on a trip to New York City, where she said Davidson was acting “awkward” throughout the day.
During another incident in Philadelphia, the woman said she, Davidson and a commissioner from Tulsa County went to a cigar bar one evening. As the three were walking back to her hotel, the woman said Davidson grabbed her waist and buttocks.
When Davidson took the stand he responded to questioning by Blau, his attorney, by denying that he had taken his penis out and masturbated in front of the woman. However, he did tell the court he had kissed her and touched her breasts during what was a difficult time in his marriage.
Davidson testified that on at least one occasion, a fundraiser for the Oklahoma City Police Department, the woman made advances toward him.
During her testimony, the woman also detailed voice and text messages she said were sent to her by Davidson. In one, he called her a “unicorn,” which she said was a nickname he had given her, along with “Perf,” which she interpreted as “perfect.”
Two voicemails from Davidson were played in court. In both messages, which lasted only a few seconds, Davidson told the woman that he loved her. The woman said Davidson had also left her other voicemails stating that he loved her and that she was “breaking his heart.”
The woman said that, in July 2024, she attended a conference in Florida where Davidson was also present. She said she attended the conference with her boyfriend. During downtime, the trio rented a boat for scuba diving. The woman, who said she scuba dives frequently, said Davidson made comments about her appearance as she was being fitted for a wetsuit beyond earshot of her boyfriend. She said the comments made her feel “uncomfortable and disgusted.”
She said she declined to tell her boyfriend about the incident.
“I didn’t talk to my boyfriend about it because I had to work with Myles, and I didn’t want my boyfriend to beat Myles’ rear,” she told the court.
The woman said she believed she needed to maintain a working relationship with Davidson because of her job, which requires her to interact with county commissioners. She told the court that while she had told her supervisor about some of the things Davidson had done to make her uncomfortable, she feared that if she were no longer able to interact with him, she might lose her job at some point.
In one exchange after the Philadelphia trip, she said Davidson became concerned the woman would go public with her allegations and that it would “destroy” his career. The woman attempted to reassure him at that time that she had no plans to go public with what had happened on that trip.
“I told him that, as he may have noticed, I don’t talk to people,” the woman testified. “I tried to make him comfortable.”
The woman said she’d remained amicable through the early stages of Davidson pursuing her because she hoped it would end at one point. Ultimately, however, she filed her victim protective order request in September after a series of events that included being confronted by Davidson’s wife and receiving unsolicited sales calls from businesses she believed Davidson had provided her contact information to as a form of revenge.
“At no point did I indicate to him that I wanted to be in a relationship with him,” she told the court.
Swain: ‘A lot of different things that added up’
The woman told the court she initially was reluctant to file a police report or petition for a VPO because she feared for her job, which involves working in a “male-dominated” field.
While answering questions from his attorney, Davidson acknowledged that the voicemails played for the judge originated from him. He also acknowledged that he had texted the woman repeatedly, and he said he had kissed her and touched her breasts on more than one occasion. Davidson testified that, at the time, neither he nor his wife was sure about the future of their marriage, which they were struggling to maintain. Davidson said after the incidents were made public with the filing of a petition for a VPO, he and his wife had undergone marriage counseling and had fully repaired their relationship.
Swain told reporters that Davidson’s own testimony appeared to play a large role in judge granting his client’s petition.
“I think it was just a lot of different things that added up,” Swain said. “I mean, he did not dispute the things that she said. It was interesting. On direct, he didn’t come out and say anything about there being a relationship or, you know, a consensual relationship. The very first time we ever heard about that was on cross-examination. And so, I think everything turned when he started getting asked hard questions.”
Under the rules of the VPO granted by Stanley, Davidson can have no contact with the woman directly or through a third party until at least 2029.
“For her to come out and even file this in the first place, she testified that she is in a job in a male-dominated world,” Swain said. “And for her to put herself out there and file this in the first place and still do the job that she’s doing today — in which she has to deal with other county commissioners and other people within her organization — it took a lot. And so I think she’s just overwhelmed. She’s thrilled that this is over with and that she can hopefully put it behind her.”
The granting of the VPO comes less than a week after Drummond’s office declined to pursue criminal charges against Davidson over the same allegations she made in court Wednesday.
“Following a thorough review of the Oklahoma City Police Department’s investigation, the Attorney General’s Office has determined insufficient evidence exists to support criminal charges against Oklahoma County Commissioner Myles Davidson,” said Leslie Berger, Drummond’s press secretary. “OCPD’s investigation stemmed from an allegation of sexual battery involving Davidson. Review of the investigation was transferred to the Attorney General’s Office following the recusal of Oklahoma County District Attorney Vicki Behenna.”
Asked Wednesday whether Drummond’s office interviewed either Davidson or the woman beyond OKCPD’s investigation — or whether information had been presented before a grand jury — Berger said Thursday that OKCPD “handled the investigation and all of the interviews.”
Swain said his client was cooperative with investigators.
“My client was fully cooperative within the criminal investigation,” Swain said. “She met with detectives for hours on end, provided them with text messages, and provided them some of the evidence that we presented today. So the detectives had that exact same information when they were evaluating their case.”
Davidson is up for reelection to his District 3 post later this year, and formal candidate filing is set for early April. His attorney released a statement Friday after learning of Drummond’s decision not to charge Davidson.
“From the beginning, we knew these allegations were utterly without merit,” Blau said prior to Wednesday’s hearing. “We appreciate Attorney General Drummond’s diligence and professionalism in his office’s handling of these spurious accusations. Myles Davidson is a good man, and he and his family are relieved to finally put this behind them.”
It’s unclear whether Oklahoma County District Attorney Vicki Behenna would view Wednesday’s VPO approval as grounds to consider removing Davidson from office.
Davison resigned as the chairman of the Oklahoma County Board of Commissioners in September, shortly after the allegations against him were made public via the VPO petition filing. He has remained a member of the BOCC, however, and he also serves on the Oklahoma County Criminal Justice Authority, which handles the day-to-day operations of the county jail.
(Correction: This article was updated at 10:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 11, to correct the spelling of Matt Swain’s name. NonDoc regrets the error. It was updated again at 1 a.m. to include Blau’s comment from the week prior.)
