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An ExxonMobil govt who heads up the enterprise unit that’s concerned in a possible $60 billion mega-merger with Pioneer Pure Sources was arrested late final week in Texas for allegedly committing sexual assault.

David Scott, senior vp of ExxonMobil Upstream, was arrested at 9:24 am CT on Thursday on the La Quinta Inn & Suites resort in Magnolia, Texas, on a sexual assault cost, in keeping with Montgomery County, Texas, jail data. Scott, 49, is being held on a $30,000 bond, in keeping with the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Workplace.

Sheriff’s deputies dispatched to the La Quinta Inn final Thursday spoke with a girl who stated she was sexually assaulted by a person in one of many resort rooms, in keeping with a sheriff’s workplace assertion offered Monday to CNN. Deputies interviewed Scott, 49, and subsequently arrested him for sexual assault, a second diploma felony that would carry a sentence of two to twenty years in jail and a superb as much as $10,000.

ExxonMobil’s (XOM) headquarters are situated about 17 miles southwest of the resort.

“All ExxonMobil staff, officers and administrators are accountable for observing the best requirements of integrity and code of conduct in assist of the corporate’s enterprise and in any other case,” an Exxon spokesperson stated in assertion emailed to CNN. “We’re conscious of the allegations and can’t touch upon a private matter; nonetheless, we will say that this particular person is not going to proceed work duties because the investigation proceeds.”

Exxon is in discussions to purchase US shale large and rival Pioneer Pure Sources in a deal reportedly valued close to $60 billion, in keeping with the Wall Avenue Journal. Exxon declined to remark to CNN on the potential deal, saying it doesn’t difficulty statements on “market rumors.”

It was not instantly recognized what involvement Scott had in these reported negotiations.

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