Investigator at Oklahoma Health Department disciplined for affair with supervisor who emailed fake threats to herself

The state Health Department has reprimanded an investigator for "an inappropriate relationship" with his supervisor and forced him to take a sharp pay cut, The Oklahoman has learned.

Matt Terry, 38, of Guthrie, went from making $72,750 a year to $65,000.

The disciplinary action is the latest twist in the controversy surrounding the development of regulations on medical marijuana.

The affair between Terry and his supervisor, general counsel Julie Ezell, was discovered after Ezell reported getting threatening emails about the regulations. Both are married.