we re not liable for anything that happens. once we deliver the people to be supervised by our client, we don t have anything to do with them anymore. miller environmental group, which oversaw the cleanup and hired aerotek did not return our phone calls. then bp, which was paying for the beach cleanups, told us in a statement it normally checks its own employees, but this was not done for all contractors in this response. the responsibility lies with the employing company for their own staff. the requirement on subcontractors to bp s contractors is one further step beyond bp s scope of control. the buck ultimately stops with bp. it was their site. reporter: robertson was arrested and he was then charged with sexual battery and failure to register as a sex offender. he tells police that the sex was consensual, but now he s being held on more than a $500,000 bond and he s sitting in jail.
them, we were told to do drug screens and that was it. 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 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. you will come out and talk to us? i will. reporter: i m not going to shut the door and never see you again. he promises. so we waited, but they only slipped us a note through the door referring us to corporate headquarters. did you realize you were hiring convicted sex offenders. this is when the blame game begins. we spoke for the general counsel for aerotek. he says, we are not liable for anything that happens. once we deliver the people to be supervised by our client, we
the beach cleanups told us in a statement it normally checks its own employees but this was not done for all contractors in this response. the responsibility lies with the employing company for their own staff. the requirement on subcontractors to bp s contractors is one further step beyond bp s scope of control. the buck ultimately stops with bp. it was their site. reporter: robertson was arrested and then charged with sexual battery and failing to register as a sex offender. he tells police that the sex was con s consensual. yes, he s in jail. but you ve got a victim here. what she going to live through the rest of her life? it s just going to be pure hell for her. that s what it s going to be. and it could have been prevented. and it could have been
this? it destroyed her life and was not worth it. you can see how that s the case. aerotek, i love the statement. wouldn t we all like to have blanket immunity in our life. we re s not responsible for anything. that happens. a lot of other towns involved in the cleanup. were they checking the background? we were able to contact police departments. grand aisle in louisiana they were checking the background and they did find three sex offenders. they were hired. it wasn t a case of they can t be hired. they supervised them and didn t have any problem. the sheriff we talked to says too bad we couldn t have done that here. we ll offer to do the background checks and you don t have to pay. well, common on. he says we would have done that for free. not a cost-saving issue, not that it should have mattered. a cnn hero came up with an idea in a pub in scotland that
what s she going to live through the rest of her life? it s just going to be pure hell for her. that s what it s going to be. reporter: and it could have been prevented? and it could have been prevented in my professional opinion. reporter: and you warned them? yes, ma am. reporter: how does something like this just change everything for you? i go through anxiety. you know, i m angry. i feel dirty. scared. i m scared. reporter: the victim did not go to police right away because she was afraid she would lose her job and couldn t afford to let that happen. so she took a couple of days off work and a month after the incident she was laid off. aerotek says she was one of many workers who were no longer needed to clean up the beaches. it had nothing do-to-do with what happened to her. she says, why did a doi this? why did a try to get a job like