Calumet County DA 'sexted' abuse victim

[proud2BlibKansan]

A prominent Wisconsin district attorney sent repeated text messages trying to spark an affair with a domestic abuse victim while he was prosecuting her ex-boyfriend, a police report shows.

The 26-year-old woman complained last year to police after receiving 30 texts from Calumet County District Attorney Kenneth Kratz in three days, according to the report obtained by The Associated Press.

"Are you the kind of girl that likes secret contact with an older married elected DA ... the riskier the better?" Kratz, 50, wrote in a message to Stephanie Van Groll in October 2009. In another, he wrote: "I would not expect you to be the other woman. I would want you to be so hot and treat me so well that you'd be THE woman! R U that good?"

Kratz was prosecuting Van Groll's ex-boyfriend on charges he nearly choked her to death last year. He also was veteran chair of the Wisconsin Crime Victims' Rights Board, a quasi-judicial agency that can reprimand judges, prosecutors and police officers who mistreat crime victims.

more . . . http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/crime_and_courts/article_53c2bc46-c112-11df-83cf-001cc4c03286.html

[existentialist]

1. Good post, but,

You could have pointed out the fact that Kratz is a Republican--which he is.

[proud2BlibKansan]

6. Didn't believe it was necessary

[Warpy]

16. That would be redundant at this point

No one has a sense of entitlement like a Republican male.

[speppin]

2. Kratz says he won’t resign (says he will seek help).

oh boy!!




http://www.wrn.com/2010/09/kratz-says-he-wont-resign/


Kratz says he won’t resign

by Bob Hague on September 18, 2010

in Human Interest,Politics & Government

Embattled Calumet County District Attorney Ken Kratz held a brief press conference on the courthouse steps in Chilton Friday. “I intend to continue as the Calumet County District Attorney, as I have been elected to do,” said Kratz, who did not take questions after issuing a brief statement. Kratz, in the eye of a media hurricane ever since the AP reported that he ‘sexted’ a female domestic violence victim, did indicate he’s seeing a psychotherapist.

“I have today decided to seek additional help in addressing these issues, and may consider personal time off,” said Kratz. “I hope to regain the trust of the crime victims community, the trust of may staff, and the respect of the citizens of Calumet County.” The embattled D.A. issued the statement at the request of local media and in response to calls for resignation, which included a resolution issued Friday by the Executive Committee of the Wisconsin District Attorneys Association.

The WDAA said it would ask Governor Jim Doyle to review the matter and determine whether Kratz ought to be removed from office. “This is very serious situation, and the governor will be in contact with the attorney general to discuss all options, said Doyle spokesman Adam Collins. There were also indications Friday that the handling of the complaint against Kratz by Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen’s state Department of Justice may become a campaign issue in Van Hollen’s reelection bid. “If J.B. Van Hollen’s office knew about this for months without acting on it, we deserve to know why,” said Madison attorney and former DNR Secretary Scott Hassett, the Democrat challenging Republican Van Hollen in November. ...............

[Jackpine Radical]

10. I want clarification:

What does he mean by "seeing" a psychotherapist?

[speppin]

14. I have no idea. Probably he thinks it

looks good to his critics and the public. But he clearly says he does not see what he did as a problem.

[Cirque du So-What]

3. Farther down in the article...

'Kratz, a Republican, said he intends to run for re-election in November 2012.'

Hardly surprising, but Sir Ruprecht Morlock's WSJ took great pains to bury this little fact 'below the fold.' For my part, I knew this scum buzzard was a repig the moment I read the first paragraph & saw that photo of him.

[LaydeeBug]

4. This is pathetic, and I don't care what side of the aisle he comes from

but if I find out he's a repig.... :evilgrin:

[Odin2005]

5. That is FUCKED UP!!!

[speppin]

7. Fair amt of details in this article....... He is one sick man!

http://www.thenorthwestern.com/article/20100916/OSH0101/309170010/Calumet-County-District-Attorney-Ken-Kratz-Text-messages-to-victim-not-sexual-reporting-not-warranted

[shraby]

8. What a scum-bag he is! Hope they remove him from office.

[marmar]

9. What a clump of human waste he is.

nt

[Gin]

11. he was pretty brazen & stupid...this was not the first time he hit

on a victim...I would bet money on it...

[DefenseLawyer]

12. Just what exactly DOES a Republican have to do to resign? n/t

[Jackpine Radical]

17. Be caught showing compassion for a person in poverty.

[NBachers]

13. "You may be the tall, young, hot nymph, but I am the prize.”

In another, Kratz wrote, “I’m the attorney. I have the $350,000 house. I have the six-figure career. You may be the tall, young, hot nymph, but I am the prize.”

"I am very smart, but know this is all up to you and really does depend on how close to the edge you live.”

Real fuckin' republican winner.

So, this is the first time this guy's ever lived this close to the edge?

[speppin]

15. Cap Times editorial: DA who sent sexual texts should resign immediately

Good to see this.




http://host.madison.com/ct/news/opinion/editorial/article_982d0351-a233-5670-8f6b-b22bb5b99283.html

DA who sent sexual texts should resign immediately


Cap Times editorial | Posted: Saturday, September 18, 2010 6:00 am | (5) Comments

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buy this photo This March 2007 file photo shows Calumet County District Attorney Kenneth Kratz giving his closing argument in the Steven Avery trial in the courtroom in Chilton, Wis. Police say Kratz sent repeated text messages trying to spark an affair with a domestic abuse victim while he was prosecuting her ex-boyfriend. Morry Gash

Calumet County District Attorney Ken Kratz needs to step down immediately.

Although Kratz dismisses it all as a “lapse of judgment,” there simply is no excuse for a district attorney sending sexually suggestive text messages to a victim of domestic abuse who had the courage to come forward and file a complaint against her abusive boyfriend.

Kratz admits he sent 30 text messages to the 26-year-old woman who brought the domestic abuse charges and for whom he was the prosecutor on the case.

One of the messages asked whether she’s “the kind of girl that likes secret contact with an older married elected DA.” In another he called her “a hot, young nymph.”
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Posted in Editorial on Saturday, September 18, 2010 6:00 am Updated: 7:45 am.