A preliminary hearing is set this afternoon at Boone County Court in Columbia for former University of Missouri running back Derrick Washington who has been charged with felony deviate sexual assault.  Washington was ordered by the judge to appear in court today, ahead of his jury trial expected to start next week, where Washington is accused of entering a former tutor’s bedroom while visiting her roommate and sexually assaulting the woman in her sleep.

He also faces two counts of misdemeanor domestic assault after an ex-girlfriend said he hit her in the face and choked her during a late-night argument, which allegedly happened after the first incident and was unrelated.