STORY: Exxon Cell’s high shale government David Scott has been arrested for sexual assault.
The arrest occurred on Thursday…the identical day that Reuters and others reported that Exxon was in merger talks with rival Pioneer Pure Sources, in a deal that might worth the shale producer at about $60 billion.
Three sources had informed Reuters an settlement could possibly be disclosed within the coming days.
As a senior vice chairman, Scott wouldn’t essentially be concerned in merger talks, an individual accustomed to the matter mentioned.
Scott was arrested at a Texas funds lodge close to Exxon’s headquarters – after one of many two girls he was within the room with left and referred to as police from the foyer, in accordance with lodge workers.
He faces a second-degree felony assault cost and was held on a $30,000 bond, in accordance with jail data.