Former Oklahoma senator ordered to pay restitution for child sex trafficking

In his final court appearance in his child sex trafficking case, former state Sen. Ralph Shortey was ordered to pay the victim $125,850.

U.S. District Judge Timothy DeGiusti ordered the restitution Thursday after hearing from a child psychiatrist who examined the victim.

Shortey, 36, is serving 15 years in federal prison for the illegal sexual tryst at a hotel early March 9, 2017.

The victim later told the FBI they had smoked marijuana, undressed and just started fooling around at the Super 8 in Moore when police officers knocked on the hotel door. The victim said Shortey knew he was then 17.