After skipping his flight back to the US in the wake of accusations of sexual assault against a minor, Defense Distributed founder Cody Wilson attempted to rent an apartment in Taipei this week, according to United Daily News (Chinese, Google Translate), a Chinese-language media outlet based in Taiwan. The alleged victim, an unnamed 16-year-old girl from Central Texas, according to Austin police, told a counselor she’d had sex with Wilson Aug. 15, 2018, in an Austin hotel before he paid her $500, according to the arrest warrant affidavit filed Wednesday in Travis County District Court. Wilson allegedly confirmed his identity to the girl—he told her that he was "a big deal"—and the police were able to match information from his driver's license to his profile. The Defense Distributed founder initially met with the girl on August 15 at Bennu Coffee on 515 South Congress Ave. 3D-printed gun pioneer Cody Wilson accused of having sex with underage girl

APD later obtained surveillance video from the area, which showed the girl at around 8:09pm that evening. The girl alleges then Wilson drove her to the Archer Hotel, where they had sex; according to authorities, hotel surveillance footage and records show Wilson and the girl at the hotel, and entering a room together. … Hotel records showed that Wilson was the lone registered guest for room 718 on that date.”

Wilson sexually assaulted her and then “retrieved five $100.00 bills from a bag on the floor” and gave her the money, the girl told police, according to the affidavit. At a press conference later that afternoon, the Austin Police Department revealed that Wilson’s last known location was Taiwan and that the department was not sure whether Wilson had gone to Taiwan on legitimate business or whether he was expressly trying to flee the United States. The Austin Police Department is working with national and international authorities to locate Cody Wilson, 30, and “bring him to justice” after he became aware of the investigation and missed a flight home from Taipei, Commander Troy Officer said at a press conference on Wednesday. “But we do know before he left he was informed by a friend of the victim that she had spoken to police and the police were investigating him for having sex with a minor.”

Taiwan does not have an extradition treaty with the United States. Cody Wilson, 30, was placed under investigation after a counsellor told police on August 22 that a 16-year-old girl had said she was paid US$500 to have sex with him at a hotel, Austin Police Commander Troy Officer said at a news conference. Officer told reporters that detectives believe “if someone mistakes [the alleged victim’s] age it would be because they think she’s younger, not older than the 16-year-old that she is.”

After a federal court barred Wilson from posting the printable gun blueprints online for free last month, he announced he had started selling them for any amount of money to U.S. customers through his website.
An arrest warrant is issued in Texas for 3D-printed gun rights activist and Defense Distributed owner Cody Wilson in connection with the sexual assault of a child. Wilson was last known to be in Taiwan.