A judge in California has signed an arrest warrant for Nebraska running back Maurice Washington, his lawyer said on Thursday, while university officials said the athletic department did not know the exact allegations against the player during football season.
Washington was charged in California in December with possessing and distributing a video of a former girlfriend being sexually assaulted by two other people in 2016, when she was 15.
He will surrender himself to authorities and appear in court in California to avoid being arrested, said his attorney, John C. Ball.
Washington is suspected of storing the video on his cellphone and sending it to the victim last March.