The Wisconsin teacher accused of ‘making out’ with an 11-year-old student has filed a motion to dismiss her case and asked to be allowed around children again, court documents show.
Madison Bergmann, 24, was arrested in May after a preteen River Crest Elementary School student alleged she kissed him and moved his desk out of sight so she could rub his legs during class.
She has been charged with first-degree child sexual assault and has been banned from being around children while out on bail.
Bergmann has requested that the criminal complaint be dismissed and has asked for permission to visit restaurants and stores where children might be present in a late July filing obtained by the The New York Post.
“It’s ridiculous, he’s left a trail of destruction at the school and he doesn’t think he should face the consequences for it,” Bergmann’s former colleague told the outlet.
Madison Bergmann (pictured), 24, charged with first-degree child sexual assault for “making out” with an 11-year-old student
The River Crest Elementary School fifth-grader (pictured) alleged she moved his desk out of sight so she could rub his legs during class.
The 24-year-old was due to marry her fiancé, Sam Hickman, in July, but the wedding has been postponed indefinitely. The couple’s wedding registry has also been removed from the internet.
Her friend told the Post that the allegations against Bergmann came as a surprise to the groom-to-be.
“He’s very, very hurt. He doesn’t talk about it too much, he just says, ‘This is shit.’ He says it was shit that she cheated on him with a little boy.”
The victim’s father reported her to River Crest Elementary School administrators and police when the parents discovered their relationship.
On April 29, the boy’s mother overheard a phone call between Bergmann and the victim. His father confiscated his phone and discovered text messages containing sexual content.
In one text, Bergmann told the boy that he “just wanted to grab (his) face, push him to the ground and kiss him,” the complaint states.
In another text, he allegedly wrote: “I almost kissed you when you were on the floor today but got distracted by your stomach.”
Bergmann has asked that the criminal complaint be dismissed and has asked for permission to visit restaurants and shops where children may be present.
The 24-year-old was due to marry her fiancé Sam Hickman (left) in July, but the wedding has been postponed indefinitely.
Bergmann was no stranger to the victim’s family, as they had gone skiing together during the 2023 winter holidays.
She told police she got the boy’s cell phone number at the time “in case they somehow got separated on the ski slopes” and alleged that he called her multiple times “for no particular reason.”
The fifth-grader told investigators that Bergmann rubbed his thigh and calves during independent reading time, according to the criminal complaint.
Because of the position of his desk in the classroom, the boy “did not believe any of the other children would see what was happening,” according to the complaint.
The preteen told police that Bergmann kissed her several times in her classroom, either after school or while other students were eating lunch.