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Child s perception of it. the government point man to the disaster admiral thad allen said bp will go ahead with drilling the relief well. they re considering other options. he said some tests indicate the bottom kill procedure to seal the damaged well may not be necessary. meantime, a man, a contract worker who supervised oil cleanup workers in mississippi is in jail tonight, charged with raping another employee. a cnn investigation tonight uncovers his criminal history and raises questions about whether this incident could have been prevented by doing a simple background check. special investigations union correspondent abbie boudreau goes looking for answers and here is what she found. reporter: one of the thousands of cleanup workers who descended on the gulf coast was this man, rundy charles robertson. he was in charge of numerous workers on this now desserted mississippi beach. the problem was all these people who were coming to town were strangers and the residents here had ....
And apparently they had good reason to be concerned. robertson was a convicted sex offender, and he was breaking the law by not telling local law enforcement where he was living. i don t understand how they can have a man like that as our supervisor. reporter: do you think what happened to you could have been prevented? yeah, i do. yes, i do. that s whyt makes me a lot of times so angry. reporter: this woman came to this town because she was looking for work. she wanted to help clean up the beaches and she needed a job. she has four young children, and it was important for her to get hired right away and that s exactly what happened. rundy robertson was her supervisor. and show told us time and time again, i trusted him because he was my boss. i respected him. he was the person who was put in charge of me. you just weren t feeling well that day. and he offered to drive you home. yeah. reporter: and you thought he was a nice enough person to make that offer, i guess. yeah. ....
Where they were coming from. and apparently they had good reason to be concerned. robertson was a convicted sex offender, and he was breaking the law by not telling local law enforcement where he was living. i don t understand how they can have a man like that as our supervisor. reporter: do you think what happened to you could have been prevented? yeah, i do. yes, i do. that s why it makes me a lot of times so angry. reporter: this woman came to this town because she was looking for work. she wanted to help clean up the beaches and she needed a job. she has four young children, and it was important for her to get hired right away and that s exactly what happened. rundy robertson was her supervisor. and show told us time and time again, i trusted him because he was my boss. i respected him. he was the person who was put in charge of me. you just weren t feeling well that day. and he offered to drive you home. yeah. reporter: and you thought he was a nice enough person to ma ....
Exactly what happened. rundy robertson was her supervisor. and show told us time and time again, i trusted him because he was my boss. i respected him. he was the person who was put in charge of me. you just weren t feeling well that day. and he offered to drive you home. yeah. reporter: and you thought he was a nice enough person to make that offer, i guess. yeah. 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 ....
Correspondent abbie boudreau goes looking for answers and here is what she found. reporter: one of the thousands of cleanup workers who descended on the gulf coast was this man, rundy charles robertson. he was in charge of numerous workers on this now deserted mississippi beach. the problem was all these people who were coming to town were strangers and the residents here had no idea who they were or where they were coming from. and apparently they had good reason to be concerned. robertson was a convicted sex offender, and he was breaking the law by not telling local law enforcement where he was living. i don t understand how they can have a man like that as our supervisor. reporter: do you think what happened to you could have been prevented? yeah, i do. yes, i do. that s why it makes me a lot of times so angry. reporter: this woman came to this town because she was looking for work. she wanted to help clean up the beaches and she needed a job. she has four young children, ....