No Criminal Charges For ‘Sexting’ Former WI District Attorney

Calumet County DA Kenneth Kratz
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The Wisconsin Department of Justice announced Monday that former District Attorney Kenneth Kratz won’t face criminal charges over his alleged “sexting” of several women, some of them victims of domestic abuse whose cases Kratz was handling.

The DOJ said it investigated 15 complaints from “different females who alleged improprieties that warranted further investigation,” eight of which involved an “identifiable criminal offense,” but “prosecutors have concluded that they can not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he committed a specific violation of a criminal law.”

Kratz has been accused of sending inappropriate text messages to several women who were victims of domestic abuse, while he was handling their cases. Kratz admitted to sending one victim, Stephanie Van Groll, texts like “Im serious! Im the atty. I have the $350,000 house. I have the 6-figure career. You may be the tall, young, hot nymph, but I am the prize! Start convincing.”

Van Groll is now suing Kratz.

Kratz resigned shortly after the allegations surfaced, and as several other women came forward with similar stories. One other woman alleged she went on a date with Kratz, during which he invited her on another date to an autopsy.

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