Originally Posted by
jetfire
Correction: Cody Wilson was arrested for sexual assault against a child, not just some prostitution charge. Regardless how you feel about DD and their new direction, trying to whitewash his charges by representing it as prostitution is unethical.
The situation is a bit more nuanced than that.
He met up with a prostitute on a "sugar daddy" themed website. Turned out that she was 16.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/natio...=.d3c01d4fa3c1
The girl’s “counselor” — it was unclear in what capacity — first alerted police to the situation, Officer said. Court documents state that she subsequently told police she met Wilson on SugarDaddyMeet.com and that she started exchanging messages with him.
“We have no reason to believe at this point anyone other than the victim signed herself up” on the site, Officer said. SugarDaddyMeet.com advertises matchups between “rich and successful men” and “young and attractive women.” Its policies forbid minors and prostitutes, though the site conducts no background checks.
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The teen told investigators that the two met in person Aug. 15 at a coffee shop and then drove to the Archer Hotel in north Austin, the court records state. Surveillance footage showed the two walking through the hotel about 8:30 p.m., according to the court records. Once inside the hotel room, the teen told police, “she and Wilson engaged in sexual intercourse and oral sex on the hotel room’s bed.”
The teenager said Wilson then gave her five $100 bills, according to the court records.
So she did something stupid and illegal, and Wilson did something very, very stupid and illegal. The legal system can sort this out, that's what it's there for.
-- Michael
