The head of Exxon Mobil's (XOM.N) shale oil and gas business, a unit involved in merger talks with rival Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD.N), was arrested at a Texas hotel last week on a sexual assault charge, police said.

David Scott, an Exxon senior vice president who oversees all its shale oil and gas production business, was arrested early Thursday morning at a La Quinta Inn & Suites hotel in Magnolia, Texas, the Montgomery Sheriff's Office said.

Efforts to reach Scott were unsuccessful. It was not immediately clear if he had legal representation.

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[–] 26 points 2 years ago (1 child)

If only we could arrest people based on soulless, demonic gazes, this could've been avoided.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago

    They don't just rape the earth it seems

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Rooms at the hotel cost about $120 a night.

    You know, in case anyone's looking for a room. Thanks Reuters

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Honestly though, why was he there? So many nicer hotels that an oil exec can afford

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    committing heinous crimes is probably easier, when you are not at risk of running into any of your high society aquaintances. Except the ones that are about to do the same as you, so you both have black mail material on each other.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    An exec in a $120 hotel room could only be a guy seeing a sex-worker. No other explanation makes sense.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    Weird as fuck to see a small town near me to be on the front page lol

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