New Charges for Wisc. Teacher Accused of 'Making Out' with 11-Year-Old Boy

Mar. 15, 2025

Madison Bergmann.Photo:St. Croix County

St. Croix County

On May 1,Madison Bergmann, 24, of St. Paul,was arrested and charged May 2 with one count of first-degree child sexual assault with a child under age 13,online court recordsshow.

The boy’s mother first learned about the alleged inappropriate relationship when she heard her son talking on the phone with Bergmann on April 29, according to the initial criminal complaint, thePioneer Pressreported in May.

On Wednesday, May 1, the child’s parents went to the boy’s school, River Crest Elementary School in Hudson, after they found illicit text messages Bergmann had allegedly been exchanging with the child, charging documents claim,CBS Newsreports.

Police were called and Bergmann was arrested.

She resigned from her job as a fifth grade teacher on May 13,KARE 11reports.

Bergmann and the boy allegedly texted each other “almost daily,” charging documents state,KSTPreports.

Bergmann allegedly texted the boy, telling him how much she enjoyed “making out" with him and how much she liked him touching her, according to the criminal complaint, KARE 11 reports.

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The boy allegedly told police the two touched each other in the classroom when other students couldn’t see them and had kissed during lunch, the complaint claims, KARE 11 reports.

Bergmann was arrested and released on $25,000 cash bond.

As a condition of her bond, the judge ordered Bergmann to have no contact with the boy or anyone under the age of 18, online court records show.

She was ordered to surrender her passport.

Her lawyer did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.

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source: people.com