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Nebraska running back Maurice
According to NBC's Bay Area affiliate, Washington is not in the
video and is not the person who recorded it.
He is alleged to have sent the video to the young woman last
March when he was in high school, still angry that she had
broken up with him. Washington reportedly sent her the video
with the message, "Remember this hoe (sic)," according to the
NBC affiliate.
Nebraska assistant athletic director for communications Keith
Mann issued a statement Monday that read, "Last fall we were
contacted by the Nebraska Attorney General's office and the
University of Nebraska-Lincoln police department and made aware
that officials in California were interested in interviewing
Maurice Washington about a prior incident.
"Details were not shared and there was no additional follow up
with the Nebraska Athletic Department. Recently, we were made
aware that charges may be filed against Maurice in California.
We have not had a chance to review the charges, and will
continue to monitor this ongoing legal process."
According to the NBA Bay Area report, Washington and the girl
dated when he was a freshman at The King's Academy High School
in Sunnyvale, Calif. Because she was 15 at the time the video
was made, he also has been charged with a felony charge of
distributing child pornography.
"I tried so hard to forget it, and then to have someone just
throw it back in my face like that and taunt me with it was just
so evil," the young woman told NBC Bay Area. "Maybe that's the
wrong word to use, but I felt like it was evil, like why would
you ever want somebody to feel that pain that I felt that day?"
She said she was assaulted by two 17-year-olds in 2016 and did
not engage in consensual sex with either.
Washington was not among the alleged attackers, according to his
attorney.
"This is a situation involving an inappropriate cellphone
video," attorney John Ball said Monday in a statement. "The
allegations are that Mr. Washington sent that video to his high
school girlfriend. Mr. Washington did not make the video, nor
does he appear in the video."
Ball said Washington has cooperated with the investigation and
is "in the process of making arrangements to move forward and
resolve this matter."
Washington had a productive first season with the Huskers. He
played in 11 games and gained 455 yards on 77 carries, adding
three touchdowns. He also caught 24 passes for 221 yards and a
score.
--Field Level Media
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