The founder of Defense Distributed and 3D-printed gun activist, Cody Wilson, is back in the news for the wrong reason. He has been charged yesterday for allegedly sexually assaulting a child. The girl is said to have met Wilson via the SugarDaddyMeet.com.

The girl, who remains unnamed as she is under the age of 17 according to the arrest warrant, was paid $500 when she had sex with Wilson at a hotel in Austin, Texas.  In Texas, a person younger than 17 is considered to be a child. The actual charge is a second degree felony count of sexual assault and this carries a sentence of two to twenty years in a state prison and/or a fine of up to $10,000.

An Austin-based reporter, Tony Plohetski, posted a portion of the Affidavit for Arrest Warrant filed in Travis County on Twitter:

NOW: This court record describes the allegation against Wilson. pic.twitter.com/OLihNi79Xa

— Tony Plohetski (@tplohetski) 19 September 2018

According to the Austin American Statesman, the girl is said to have told the authorities that she met Wilson on the mentioned website using the username “Sanjuro” which is probably based on a Japanese movie directed by Akira Kurosawa in 1962. The two started exchanging text messages and he identified himself as Cody Wilson and that he is a “big deal.” They then met up at Archer Hotel on August 15.

Investigators say that hotel records and surveillance footage corroborate the story.

Wilson has not been arrested yet. As to his whereabouts, the same Austin American Statesman report, he is in Taipei, Taiwan where he frequently travels to for business. He has missed a flight back to the U.S. and may have fled the country after he was informed by a friend of his victim that the police are investigating him.

Before this case, Wilson was in the news regarding the release of downloadable designs of firearms parts that can be 3D printed on DEFCAD, a website he maintains that is a library for printable designs as well as marketplace for downloadable designs. The website has been ordered to be shutdown by a federal judge in the Western District of Washington in a posting at a Defense Distributed. He also owns Ghost Gunner 2 which is an open source hardware project for CNC mill to make receivers and lower frames.

Top photo: Cody Wilson (Source: Ghost Gunner on Instagram)