Senior tailback Derrick Washington will never carry the ball again for Missouri. The co-captain has been permanently suspended from the program, MU announced in a news release this morning.
Washington is facing a Class C felony charge of deviate sexual assault, stemming from an allegation that he assaulted a women in her Columbia apartment in June. Washington is expected to plead not guilty at his arraignment in Boone County Circuit Court on Sept. 22. He turned himself in to the Boone County Sheriff’s Department on Monday and was released on $4,500 bond.
According to the MU press release, Washington’s dismissal will not affect his existing athletic scholarship as long as he remains enrolled at Missouri. The university will not comment further on the issue, the release said.
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