Man Sentenced To Federal Prison For 2015 Tulsa Rape After State Conviction Overturned

A Tulsa man was sentenced in federal court on Tuesday for a rape he committed near the OSU-Tulsa campus in 2015, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.

48-year-old Eugene Todd Nunley, a Muscogee Nation citizen, was convicted of the 2015 rape in Tulsa County District Court back in 2016. The U.S. Attorney's office says Nunley's conviction was overturned by the Supreme Court's McGirt v. Oklahoma decision, which recognized that the Cherokee Nation reservation was never disestablished by Congress. He was indicted in federal court in June 2021.

Court reports show that Nunley pleaded guilty to aggravated sexual abuse by force and threat in Indian Country in August of 2021. Nunley was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release on Tuesday.

“Eugene Nunley will spend 14 years in prison for the physical and emotional harm he has caused this victim,” said U.S. Attorney Johnson. “My team of federal prosecutors and victim specialists will continue to support survivors of sexual assault and fight for justice on their behalf.”