he s my boss. i thought it was all right. reporter: she says robertson asked to use her bathroom. and when he came out, she says he raped her. she s represented by attorney adam miller. i find it unbelievable because bp and their subcontractors had relationships with all local law enforcement. they had the opportunity and the ability to clearly check all of these people that they were hiring and bringing in to ensure the safety of the public. reporter: if anyone had checked robertson s background, they would have found a lengthy criminal history. and he was still on probation for a felony. instead, he was made a supervisor. we re in pass guolla, mississippi, here to talk to the local sheriff. several weeks before this incident, sheriff mike byrd says he met with bp s local head of security, about why bp was not doing background checks on beach cleanup workers. i asked him directly, i said are you all doing criminal histories and background checks on these people?
we re in pascagoula, mississippi, here to talk to the local sheriff. several weeks before this incident, sheriff mike byrd says he met with bp s local head of security, about why bp was not doing background checks on beach cleanup workers. i asked him directly, i said are you all doing criminal histories and background checks on these people? and his answer reply was no, we re not. i said, you re kidding me. he said, no, there is so many of them, we were told to do drug screens and that was it. and i said, well, that s not good at all. reporter: but you actually recommended that they get criminal background checks on their employees? yes, we did. and i told them that we would do that for them, we would do the background checks for them. and they said, no. reporter: robertson worked for a company called aerotek, that hired workers to remove oil from the beaches. want to come out and talk to us. i will come out and talk to
ability to clearly check all of these people that they were hiring and bringing in to ensure the safety of the public. reporter: if anyone had checked robertson s background, they would have found a lengthy criminal history and he was still on probation for a felony. instead, he was made a supervisor. we are in mississippi here to talk to the local sheriff. several weeks before this incident, sheriff mike bird said he met with local security about why bp was not doing background checks on beach cleanup workers. i asked them directly, are y all doing criminal histories and criminal background checks on these people? and his answer reply was no, we re not. and i said you re kidding me. he said, no. there s so many of them, we were told to do drug screens and that was it. and i said well that s not good at all. but you actually recommended that they get criminal background checks on their employees? yes, we did. and i told them that we would do
when he came out he raped her. she is represented by attorney adam miller. i find it unbelievable because bp and subcontractors had relationships with all local law enforcement. they had the opportunity and ability to clearly check all of these people that they were hiring and bringing in to ensure the safety of the public. reporter: if anyone had checked robertson s background, they would have found a lengthy criminal history and he was still on probation for a felony. instead, he was made a supervisor. we are in pascagoula, mississippi, to talk to the local sheriff. several weeks before the incident, sheriff mike byrd said he met with bp s local head of security about by bp was not doing background checks on beach cleanup workers. i said, are you doing criminal histories and backup checks on these people and his answer, reply, was no, we re not. i said, you re kidding me. he said, no, there s so many of
miller. i find it unbelievable because bp and their subcontractors had relationships with all of local law enforce many. they had the opportunity and ability to clearly check all of the people that they were hiring and bringing in to ensure the safety of the public. reporter: if anyone checked roberts robertson s background they would have found a lengthy criminal history and he was still on probation for a felony. instead he was made a supervisor. we are in mississippi to talk to a local sheriff. several weeks before this incident, sheriff mike byrd said he met with bp s local head of security about why bp was not doing background checks on beach cleanup workers. i asked them directly, i said are you all doing criminal histories and background checks on these people. his answer reply was no, we are not. i said you are kidding me? he said month. there are so many of them, we were told to do drug screenings and that was it. i said, well, that s not good at