In February 2008, Fields asked "for forgiveness" from the people of Oklahoma for allegedly stealing a guitar from a professional bull rider while intoxicated at a rodeo.
He was later taken into police custody and spent the night at a Public Inebriate Alternative Center just north of Bricktown.
In May 2009, Fields settled a federal lawsuit that accused the Labor Commissioner's office of forcing out a Republican employee because of her political beliefs.
A former Labor Department asbestos official, Laurie Allen, was paid to drop the civil case.
Fields denied wrongdoing, pointing out in legal filings other Republicans are still employed at the Labor Department.