Ex-Wis. DA pleads no contest to ethics violations

Published June 15, 2012 9:24pm ET



MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A former Wisconsin prosecutor accused of rampant sexual harassment agreed Friday to plead no contest to six ethics violations, moving his sordid case closer to a resolution.

The Office of Lawyer Regulation filed a complaint against former Calumet County District Attorney Ken Kratz in November alleging 11 breaches of state Supreme Court attorney conduct rules. The office accused him of soliciting a domestic abuse victim through a barrage of sleazy text messages, forcing a woman he prosecuted to have sex with him and making sexual remarks to a number of other women.

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