Neonazi Perp Cody Wilson charged with sexual assault of teen

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A Texas gun rights activist whose quest to spread the availability of 3D printed guns sparked a legal battle, has been charged with sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl and appears to have gone on the run.

A warrant was issued on Wednesday for the arrest of Cody Wilson. Texas police are now working with national and international law enforcement partners to locate the gun rights advocate, whose last known location was Taipei, Taiwan, an Austin police official said.

Wilson messaged an underaged girl through the website SugarDaddyMeet.com, had sex with her in an Austin, Texas, hotel on 15 August 2018, and gave her $500, according to an affidavit by an Austin police detective filed in Travis county district court on Wednesday.

Wilson, 30, identified himself to the young victim and told her that he was a “big deal”, according to the affidavit...

While he is best known as a gun rights activist, Wilson also founded Hatreon, a now-defunct website that allowed neo-Nazis, white nationalists and other extremist figures to solicit crowdfunding online...

Austin Police said that 3D-printed gun blueprint distributor Cody Wilson cancelled his flight back to the U.S. from Taiwan after learning the 16-year-old girl he allegedly paid to have sex with spoke to police.

On Wednesday, Trey Officer of the Austin Police Department’s organized crime division told reporters that police had begun a manhunt for Wilson who flew to Taipei and cancelled his flight back to the U.S. ...

Officer said Wilson missed a scheduled flight back to the U.S. from Taipei earlier this week. Police issued a warrant for his arrest following a sexual assault charge with a child, a second-degree felony that Officer said could put him behind bars for up to 20 years.

The charge stems from a call Austin police received from a teen girl who said she was paid $500 to have sex with Wilson on Aug. 15, according to an arrest affidavit filed the following week. The two allegedly met on sugardaddymeet.com, authorities said. Police said they were able to corroborate the teen’s claims through interviews and surveillance footage...

It is unclear if the 30-year-old activist traveled to avoid charges, but police said Wilson was aware he was being investigated for having sex with a minor.

“We know that Mr. Wilson frequently travels for business,” Officer said. “We don’t know why he went to Taiwan, but we do know that before he left, he was informed by a friend of the victim that she had spoken to the police and they were investigating him for sex with a minor.”

11:25 a.m. update: The U.S. Marshals Service has confirmed on Friday that Cody Wilson, the Austin designer of 3D-printed guns who is accused of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl, was arrested in Taiwan.

“We are fully engaged with our international partners on this matter,” officials said.

Earlier: Cody Wilson, the Austin man behind 3D-printed guns who has been accused of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl, has been arrested in Taiwan, according to media outlet Taiwan News.

The publication reported that a real estate agent alerted police in the Taiwanese capital of Taipei that Wilson had signed a six-month lease for a studio after seeing news reports that the 30-year-old was wanted for sexual assault in Texas.

Wilson has been charged with sexual assault after he was accused of paying a 16-year-old girl for sex in August after meeting her on SugarDaddyMeet.com, according to court documents filed in Travis County on Wednesday.

An international search for Wilson began Wednesday after police found he missed a scheduled flight back to the United States from Taipei.

Austin police have said it is unclear why Wilson was in Taiwan...

Statesman reporter Tony Plohetski contributed to this article.