A civil lawsuit was filed against a substitute teacher and her husband in Pierce County Wisconsin, for the sexual harassment of a thirteen year old boy of Prescott Middle School. The lawsuit asks for compensatory and punitive damages from Ann and Wade J. Knopf for sexual abuse, assault and intentional infliction of emotional distress on the boy.
Although the husband was not involved in actually committing the offence, according to the lawsuit, he had full knowledge about what was going on in his household and did not do anything to put a stop to it. Further, the suit states that Knopf had been diagnosed and treated for mental illness in the past, which her husband was aware of.
According to the complaint, on 1 January and 18 May 2007, and on several other occasions, Knopf, 38, engaged in phone conversations, letters and face- to- face conversations with the boy.
In July, Ann Knopf pleaded guilty to second degree sexual assault of a minor and was sentenced to nine months in prison. A man assaulting a minor girl would have received a much more severe punishment so why this leniency with Ann Knopf?
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