reporter: robertson works for a company called aerotek. will you come out. i ll come out. you promise. he promises. we wait. they only slipped us a note through the door. this is when the blame game begins. first we spoke with the general counsel for aerotek by phone. they say they weren t the ones who decided nod to do background checks. we are not liable for anything that happens. once we deliver to people to be supervised by our client we don t have anything to do with them anymore. miller environmental group which oversaw the clean-up and hired aerotek did not return our phone calls. then bp, which was paying for the beach clean-ups told us in a statement it normally checks its own employees but, quote, this was not done for all contractors
checks. 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. yes, he s in jail.
you, but give me a couple of minutes. reporter: so i m not going to shut the door and never seen you again? i promise. reporter: okay, he promises. so we waited. but they only slipped us a note through the door referring us to the corporate headquarters. did you realize you were hiring people who were registered sex offenders? thank you, ma am. reporter: this is when the blame game begins. first, we spoke with the general counsel for aerotek by phone who said aerotek wasn t the one that decided not to do background checks. 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
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.
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 quote 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 the sex was consensual and he is held on a $5,000 sbond sitting in jail. yes, he s in jail, but you got a victim here.