Washington accused of prior abuse
Washington was accused of assaulting the victim in previous incidents before his first arrest.
Published Sept. 21, 2010
Former Missouri football senior captain Derrick Washington was accused of having assaulted his ex-girlfriend seven times before he was arrested Sept. 12.
On Wednesday, Washington will be arraigned for deviate sexual assault, a charge that stems from a separate incident with a different victim in June.
The officer investigating the domestic assault case met with the domestic assault victim and witnesses shortly after the September arrest.
“He did what we call a canvass, where you go to neighboring apartments and talk to people about what they’ve seen or heard,” Columbia Police Department spokeswoman Jessie Haden said.
Five witnesses other than the victim are listed in the probable cause statement for the case. CPD has referred the case to prosecutors, Haden said.
“We got a copy of the 911 call,” she said. “At this point, we’re probably done with our part of the investigation. It’s really a matter of waiting to see what happens on the prosecutor’s side.”
According to the probable cause statement in the domestic assault case, Washington was in a relationship with the victim for three years until they broke up on Sept. 11.
The victim told police Washington struck her in the face multiple times during the assault, according to the statement. She also told police he threw her onto her bed and climbed on top of her and tried to push her eyes into her skull.
Hemorrhaging in the victim’s left eye when police arrived supported her account of events, according to the statement. In the report, the responding officer said the victim had blood on her face and shirt.
When Washington was arrested, he said he and the victim had argued at her house but denied assaulting her.
“I did not hit her, because if I did she would still be asleep,” Washington said in the report.
According to the report, the victim said during their three-year relationship, Washington assaulted her at least seven times. These assaults usually occurred when Washington had been drinking. She told police she did not report those incidents.
Haden said she could not comment on the probable cause statement.
“Very often when we do a follow up, we find out that there is more going on than we knew originally when we took the report,” she said.