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3D-Printed Gun Activist Cody Wilson Charged With Sexual Assault, Misses Flight Back From Taiwan
3-D Printed Gun Promoter, Cody Wilson, Is Charged With Sexual Assault of Child (archive)
Cody Wilson, whose push to post blueprints for 3-D printed guns online has made him a key figure in the national gun control debate, was charged on Wednesday with sexually assaulting a child in Texas.
But law enforcement officers said they were having trouble finding Mr. Wilson, who missed a flight back to the United States from Taipei, Taiwan, his last known location. During a news conference on Wednesday, Cmdr. Troy Officer of the Austin Police Department said that a warrant had been filed for Mr. Wilson's arrest and that local detectives were working with national and international partners to find him.
Mr. Wilson, 30, is accused of having sex with a 16-year-old girl at a hotel in Austin on Aug. 15 and paying her $500 in cash, according to an affidavit filed in Travis County. The girl told the police that she had met Mr. Wilson through the website SugarDaddyMeet.com, where he was using the screen name "Sanjuro," the affidavit says.
[...] She and Mr. Wilson, who identified himself to the girl, exchanged phone numbers and then continued messaging each other, sharing at least one explicit photo apiece, according to the affidavit. During one conversation, Mr. Wilson described himself as a "big deal," the affidavit says.
[...] Neither Mr. Wilson nor his lawyer in the sexual assault case responded to a request for comment. The Austin police said a friend of the victim had told Mr. Wilson before he left for Taiwan that he was under investigation.
Taiwan does not have an extradition treaty with the United States.
Looks like someone else will have to take on the job of defending file sharing in court.
Previously: [Updated] Defense Distributed Releasing Gun Plans, President Trump "Looking Into" It
Federal Judge Imposes Preliminary Injunction Against Defense Distributed's DEFCAD
3D Gun File Downloads Blocked; Selling Begins Instead
3-D gun entrepreneur Cody Wilson accused of paying for sex with underage girl, authorities say
From the Washington Post come this: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/09/19/d-gun-entrepreneur-cody-wilson-accused-paying-sex-with-underage-girl-authorities-say/?utm_term=.492c764a26d9
Cody Wilson, a 3-D gunmaker who has become embroiled in a national debate about "downloadable" firearms, has been accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl, according to court documents.
Authorities said Wilson, 30, paid the teenager $500 for sex in a hotel last month in Austin after the two met on a dating website, according to an arrest warrant affidavit that was filed Wednesday in district court in Travis County, Tex. Wilson faces a charge of sexual assault, a second-degree felony, according to the court documents.
A spokeswoman with the Austin Police Department said Wilson has not been arrested. It is unclear why authorities are charging him with sexual assault and whether he has an attorney.
I submit this story because it has to do with certain rights. Not who is right.
(Score: 1, Flamebait) by NewNic on Thursday September 20 2018, @09:51PM (1 child)
"Misses" implies that he tried to catch the flight and failed. I don't think he tried to get on the flight.
"Fails to return to the USA" would be more accurate.
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(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 21 2018, @02:32PM
I want to mod your signature flamebait
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 20 2018, @10:19PM (1 child)
It would suggest that he was the one being solicited. Certainly he is the prey now. So the question is whether the predatory nature of the engagement shifted before or after services were rendered.
Not to worry for the newsies though, I'm sure she recognized some Russian spy documents in the hotel room while she was there. Apparently the rule is, if you are going to involve yourself in constitutional civil rights litigation, you have to take a vow of celibacy, and be so illiterate that you can't plausibly be of any use to a foreign state agent.
Any other case, and you are going to be a sex criminal Russian agent, whether you've ever met a Russian, or had an illicit fuck in your life.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Thursday September 20 2018, @11:11PM
No such thing. Being illiterate as well as a jackass does not disqualify one from being of use to a foreign state agent. It might even be helpful to that agent.
Police can legally stop you for having too much tent on your window.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 20 2018, @11:41PM (5 children)
REEEEEEEALLY MAKES YOU THINK.
Statutory rape laws need to stop being strict liability offenses. It is grossly inappropriate and the type of abuse I've described becomes fairly easy to exploit for anyone with enough money and power. Plus, we know people lie about their ages and produce believable fake IDs and there needs to be consideration for such situations.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Thursday September 20 2018, @11:51PM (4 children)
Does the deep state or whatever really care about Cody Wilson?
Any competent court would rule that sharing gun files is a First Amendment protected activity. And even if they didn't, it's impossible to stop it if you can't even stop tv/movie/music "piracy".
Of course, Wilson is also involved with some other things, like Dark Wallet and Hatreon. Wired Magazine will tell you that he's one of the "Most Dangerous People in the World", but I don't see the motivation for targeting him with this plot.
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(Score: 3, Funny) by hemocyanin on Friday September 21 2018, @01:08AM (1 child)
They care about Cody because he had a credible ability through his warchest, of creating Supreme Court precedent to that effect. While the issue remains murky however, they can bully people into submission because so few have the half million or more that it takes to get a definitive ruling.
(Score: 2) by PiMuNu on Friday September 21 2018, @05:33AM
Modded up for funny
(Score: 2) by Alfred on Friday September 21 2018, @02:31PM (1 child)
(Score: 2) by takyon on Friday September 21 2018, @05:21PM
This is America. There are a lot of weapons to go around. 3D printing/CNC milling certainly will not affect that in any meaningful amount anytime soon. It is easier to go through a different route to get your illegal or unlicensed weapons.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 21 2018, @03:10AM (2 children)
Free to be put in prison if we make the govt mad.
Yes, Cody was targetted. Jeez, I think the only difference between our govt and that of dictatorial shitholes is one of DEGREE, not of KIND.
So many similarities.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Friday September 21 2018, @02:23PM (1 child)
I object to that! In America we get to VOTE for our dictators. As a patriotic American I am proud to stand up and support the freedoms we once had!
Police can legally stop you for having too much tent on your window.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 21 2018, @02:30PM
and then the one that lost the popular vote wins
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 22 2018, @12:07AM
The perp seems to have been arrested in Taiwan. [youtube.com] No ordinary extradition necessary?