Oklahoma Supreme Court Rules That OAB Has Right To Sue For Joe Mixon Tape

Wednesday, May 11th 2016, 11:10 am

By: News 9

The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that the Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters (OAB) has the right to sue for the surveillance footage of Oklahoma running back Joe Mixon punching a female student in 2014.

The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 that the OAB has a right to sue for the tape under Open Records, and that Judge Thad Balkman was not allowed to change his order so that the OAB would not have access to this right.

All nine Justices agreed that the OAB has the cause to sue for the tape. Two Justices felt that while the OAB has the right to sue for the tape, it should not use this ruling as a “Short-Cut” to getting the tape, meaning the association needs to go all the way back to an original trial in Norman to procure the tape.

Here’s a timeline of what has transpired: