Ex-OU football player, ex-cheerleader charged in hotel prostitution case
A former University of Oklahoma football player was charged Thursday with felony pandering, accused of prostituting a former OU cheerleader at an Oklahoma City hotel.
Lawrence Charles Moore, 22, of Oklahoma City, and Micah Madison Parker, 23, of Norman, were arrested last week on prostitution and drug complaints.
On Thursday, both were charged in Oklahoma County District Court with multiple felonies, including receiving proceeds from prostitution and a computer crime.
The case against the two comes from a sting operation involving an internet ad.
Late March 29, an agent with the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control was working undercover with Oklahoma City vice officers in the prostitution sting.
The agent made arrangements to meet a woman through an ad posted on Backpage.com. The agent was instructed to go to a hotel in west Oklahoma City, where he met the woman, investigators reported.
The woman was arrested after agreeing to provide sex for $200, the agent reported in a court affidavit. The woman tossed two cellphones into a toilet before being taken into custody, the agent reported.
Marijuana also was found in the hotel room, according to the affidavit.
Investigators reported they later discovered that Moore was the woman’s “pimp.”
“Through social media and jail calls, detectives learned that the two were working together,” according to the affidavit.
Moore was arrested March 30 after he went to the hotel to pick up Parker’s vehicle, investigators reported.
Both also were charged with felony marijuana possession, as well as two misdemeanor drug offenses.
Moore also was charged with aiding and abetting prostitution, a misdemeanor. Parker also was charged with destruction of evidence, a felony, and offering to engage in prostitution, a misdemeanor.
Moore was a defensive back for OU in 2013. Records show he played in two games under the name “L.J. Moore.”
Parker was a member of the OU spirit squad. Both haven’t been enrolled at OU since 2014, a university spokesman said.