3-D printed gun maker Cody Wilson sent back to U.S. 0:29

THE owner of a US company that sells plans to make untraceable 3D printed guns is back in the US after being arrested in Taiwan, where police say he flew after learning he was being investigated for allegedly having sex with an underage girl. Taiwanese authorities arrested Wilson for illegally entering the country after the U.S. revoked his passport. Cody Wilson was arrested at a restaurant in Taipei City late Friday, according to Taiwanese media.The 30-year-old is now being held in the Harris County jail on $150,000 bail, pending transfer to Travis County for prosecution. Wilson was brought back to the U.S. after being arrested in Taiwan following accusations he paid a 16-year-old girl $500 to have sex with her in Austin. Troy Officer said Wednesday that Wilson left the United States after a friend of the 16-year-old girl had told him that police were investigating the accusation that he had sex with her. READ MORE: 3-D printed gun advocate Cody Wilson bonds out of jail in Houston after arrest in Taiwan

The so-called crypto-anarchist and owner of Defense Distributed was wanted on charges of sexual assault of a child after he allegedly exchanged naked pictures with a 16-year-old he met on SugarDaddyMeet.com, then took her to an Austin hotel and paid her $500 for sex. After a federal court barred Wilson from posting printable gun blueprints online for free last month, he announced he had begun selling them for any amount of money to U.S. customers through his website.
Defense Distributed founder and 3D-printed gun activist Cody Wilson, who was arrested in Taiwan for allegedly having sex with a minor, is released from Harris County Jail.