Man faces accusation of child sexual abuse

June 16--A Tahlequah man is being accused of child abuse after allegedly impregnating his girlfriend's 14-year-old daughter.

According to Cherokee County Sheriff's Officer reports, charges were filed in April against David Wayne Nixon, 31, who first denied the allegations in Sept., 2017, claiming the child had intercourse with two juvenile boys. The girl's mother also denied the allegations.

In March, the child gave birth at the age of 15 and DNA of the mother, baby and Nixon were collected by the Department of Human Services and submitted for a paternity test.

On April 4, deputies received the results of the paternity test, which showed that Nixon was the baby's father. An arrest warrant was issued for Nixon's arrest and he was booked into the Cherokee County Detention Center.

After being arrested, according to reports, Nixon allegedly told deputies on April 10 that he and the child did have a consensual sexual relationship and that it lasted over the course of one year, and the girl's mother knew about it because she was asleep in the same bed where he had sex with the daughter.

During another interview with the girl's mother on May 1 and May 2, she told deputies she did not know Nixon and her daughter having sex. When she heard the allegations, she said she asked her daughter, who denied anything was happening.

Nixon pleaded not guilty on May 1 and is currently represented by court appointed attorney Rachel Dallis. Assistant District Attorney Kathy Lahmeyer is listed as prosecutor.

The defendant's next court date is at 9 a.m. on June 20 with Cherokee County Associate District Judge Mark Dobbins presiding.

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