Rep. Ajay Pittman Files Response to Lawsuit

OKLAHOMA CITY — While state Rep. Ajay Pittman has not responded to media requests for comment regarding her pending Ethics Commission lawsuit, in her legal response to the lawsuit, filed with the court on Dec. 9, she denies the allegations of which she is accused.
Pittman has represented House District 99, incorporating much of Northeast Oklahoma City, since 2018.
The Oklahoma Ethics Commission filed a lawsuit against Pittman on Oct. 16, 2025, alleging she had unlawfully spent campaign contributions, and then, having reached a settlement agreement to repay the funds, defaulted on her payments to the settlement, submitting a fraudulent cashier’s check. The lawsuit also claimed that a letter purporting to be from a building manager – attesting to her claim that her records had been destroyed due to water damage in her office – had actually been prepared by her mother, former state senator Anastasia Pittman.
Rep. Pittman’s answer, submitted by her attorney Ronald Jones II, states that she “admits the allegations contained in Paragraphs 1-7 of Plaintiff’s Petition.” Those paragraphs assert she resides in Oklahoma County and that she is a relevant candidate and officeholder, and affirm the jurisdiction and powers of the court and the Ethics Commission.
Pittman’s response denies the assertion that “this case concerns Pittman’s unlawful use of campaign contributions.” The response said Pittman is “without sufficient information to admit or deny the allegations” contained in Paragraph 9, which states that “A Notice of Allegations was issued to Pittman on March 8, 2024, in Case. No. 2022-25, and Pittman thereafter submitted a settlement offer.” Pittman’s response also claims she is “without sufficient information” regarding the Ethics Commission’s assertion that she breached her settlement agreement by failing to make payment, and that she “has failed to provide proof that any payments made were sourced by her own personal funds, as is required by the Agreement.”
In other instances were the Ethics Commission’s lawsuit references documents involved in the case, Pittman’s response states that “any referenced document speaks for itself. To the extent any allegations, outside those contained in the document exist, Defendant denies the same.”
Pittman’s response denies the allegations that she “knowingly and willfully made false representation to the Commission” by presenting falsified documents to the Commission, and that the Commission has “suffered damages,” including court and attorney’s fees, as a result.
In her response, Pittman asks the court to grant judgement in her favor, and “that she be discharged from this action, together with all costs associated with her defense, including attorney’s fees.”
Pittman has previously blamed a “clerical error” for purchases flagged by the Ethics Commission.