A Texas State Trooper has been accused of allegedly sexually assaulting a woman named Sherita Dixon Cole before her arrest after a traffic stop. The Texas Department of Public Safety has said that dash cam video does not support the accusation.
According to unconfirmed allegations from Shaun King on Twitter, Cole was pulled over by a Texas State Trooper around 1:30 a.m. on Sunday, May 20 in Waxahachie, Texas, for a suspected DUI. She was allegedly stopped along US Highway 287 South and Interstate-35E near a car dealership.
King’s tweet states that Cole told her family that the State Trooper offered to let her go home if he could have sex with her and that she was sexually assaulted when she said no. Furthermore, Cole’s family alleges that Cole had passed a breathalyzer test but was taken into custody anyway because of “her attitude.”
However, the Texas Department of Public Safety released an official statement about the accusations on Facebook, saying that the dash cam footage from the incident does not support these allegations:
“DPS responds to allegations by DWI suspect in Ellis County. Upon learning of the allegations today, the department immediately took action to review the dash cam video. The video shows absolutely no evidence to support the serious accusations against the Trooper during the DWI arrest of the suspect. DPS will present the video to the Ellis County DA’s Office to determine if any further action is needed.”
According to the Waxahachie Daily Light, Cole was then booked into the Wayne McCollum Detention Center in Waxahachie. An Ellis County Sheriff’s Office official confirmed Cole to be in custody as of 5 p.m. on Sunday, May 20.
The Texas Department of Public Safety said in their statement that they plan to release the full dash cam video to the public unless the District Attorney’s office objects.