State Representative Bill Kramer (R-Waukesha) is free on a signature bond, after making his first court appearance on two felony charges of second-degree sexual assault.
His attorney reiterated to reporters that the 49-year-old Kramer will plead innocent to the charges, which stem from a 2011 incident where he’s accused of groping a woman’s breasts following a Republican fundraiser in Muskego. Kramer told police he kissed the woman goodnight, but denied groping her. He’s expected to enter his not guilty plea at a preliminary hearing on May 15th.
The sexual assault allegations surfaced earlier this year after Kramer came under fire in the Legislature for two incidents that allegedly took place during a GOP fundraiser in Washington D.C. Kramer, who is the former majority leader in the state Assembly, was accused of groping a woman during the event and sexually harassing another.
Republicans stripped Kramer of his leadership role following the Washington incident and have called for him to resign, which his attorney has said he has no plans to do before his term expires next January. Kramer is not seeking reelection this fall to the seat he’s held for nearly eight years.