Oklahoma stripper arrested for threatening Texas senator after she accused him of stalking her

Cynthia Lynn Ortiz, 46, was arrested in Lubbock on Friday and charged with retaliation, a third-degree felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison. Cynthia Lynn Ortiz, 46, was arrested in Lubbock on Friday and charged with retaliation, a third-degree felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison. Photo: Lubbock County Detention Center Photo: Lubbock County Detention Center Image 1 of / 51 Caption Close Oklahoma stripper arrested for threatening Texas senator after she accused him of stalking her 1 / 51 Back to Gallery

An Oklahoma woman who claimed a Texas state senator stalked and threatened her now faces a felony charge for allegedly threatening the senator.

Cynthia Lynn Ortiz, 46, was arrested in Lubbock on Friday and charged with retaliation, a third-degree felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison.

An investigation by the Texas Department of Public Safety found that Ortiz had sent threatening emails to state Sen. Charles Perry, R-Lubbock, on July 13, 2011, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by mySA.com.

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Retaliation is a type of harassment charge under the Texas penal code that stems from the victim's status or work as a public servant.

"You've turned a crazy sincere advocate into an adversary...pretty much as crazy," Ortiz said in one email, according to the affidavit.

In a second email, Ortiz claimed that her ex-husband knew a lot of famous people and that he "can pull some strings and his reach is far. Got me??? Are we clear on this????"

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Investigators found that Ortiz made multiple allegations against Perry on Twitter using the username @PerryStalkerVic, accusing the Republican senator of stalking, harassing and threatening her.

On the account, Ortiz claimed that Perry or someone in his employ of hacking her phones, drugging her, installing cameras to spy on her, breaking into her, attempting to poison her and threatening her, according to the affidavit.

"I have had a zillion people offer to kill Sen. Perry to end my misery," Ortiz tweeted on Dec. 22, according to the affidavit. Ortiz said she did not want that to happen.

"Sometimes because of his constant intrusion & harassment I wish I could be (sic) the (expletive) out of Perry," Ortiz tweeted on Jan. 12. "Of course I'll never actually do that."

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In May 2015, Ortiz met with an officer with the Sapulpa Police Department in Oklahoma and claimed that Perry had stalked her and harassed her.

The 46-year-old woman said Perry had hired people to threaten her, sabotage her car and break into her home in Oklahoma and Lubbock.

Ortiz also alleged that Perry himself had hacked into her phone on a daily basis, according to the affidavit.

A Sapulpa police investigator searched Ortiz' cell phone and found no conclusive evidence to corroborate her claims, the affidavit said.

Ortiz told Sapulpa police that she started the Twitter account @PerryStalkervic.

Ortiz is currently being held in the Lubbock County Detention Center on a $50,000 bond.

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Ortiz claimed in a handwritten request for a protective order that she and Perry met at a Lubbock Area Republican Women's Lunch in 2009 and that he later became her accountant The Oklahoman reported in May.

She previously owned a political consulting company by the name of Macdaddy Campaign Network Inc. in Lubbock, but later moved to Denton and then Oklahoma, according to the newspaper.

Ortiz most recently danced at an all-nude club in Inola called Sensations, the newspaper reported.

Perry's spokesperson Jordan Berry told the Oklahoman in May that Ortiz's allegations against Perry are "completely false."

"She refuses to show any evidence, including any evidence that Charles has recently been to Oklahoma," Berry said. "She has a history of doing this. She has a history of making accusations about other people."

jfechter@mySA.com

Twitter: @JFreports