Oklahoma senator told police "it is the end of the world" after being confronted with evidence of sexual offense

MOORE — A state senator told police last March "it is the end of the world" after being confronted with evidence he offered to pay a boy for sex, a video of the interview shows.

Ralph Shortey, who would resign later that month, looked more and more dejected as Moore police detectives revealed what evidence they had against him.

Police on Tuesday released an edited version of the March 13 interview. He denied throughout the 54-minute interview that he took the teenager to a hotel March 9 for sex.

During the interview, police read to him graphic Kik messages he sent under a fake name to the boy.