The U.S. Marshals Service and the Omaha Police Fugitive Unit say they continue the hunt for Creighton University basketball star Maurice Watson Jr., who is wanted in a sexual assault investigation. Omaha Police says "at this point in time, Mr. Watson is dodging law enforcement efforts to arrest him."
In a statement released Sunday afternoon, Police say "until he is located and arrested by law enforcement, or turns himself in, the entire Douglas County Court system is operating off of Mr. Watson's time frame. Neither OPD nor the Douglas County Attorney's Office is part of any specific arrangements for Mr. Watson to turn himself in."
Through his attorney's Watson denies the allegations that led to a warrant for his arrest. Attorney Stu Dornan said Friday that his client has been falsely accused. He said Watson was notified of the warrant Thursday night, adamantly denies the allegations, and that he was on his way to Omaha to turn himself in to authorities.
He has been in Philadelphia rehabbing his injured knee. A 19 year old woman claims she had been sexually assaulted earlier that morning, saying that a suspect had non-consensual sex with her in the bathroom of a home.
Police contacted the woman after she went to the hospital on February 4th.