(Kenosha County Sheriff)
**Editor’s Note – Graphic Details**
A Tremper teacher who is serving a six-month jail sentence for a conviction of OWI (3rd) was once accused of a brutal sexual assault. On March 7, 2024, Mark Wisniewski was convicted of OWI (3rd) and a charge of resisting/Failing to Stop was dismissed, by read in. He failed to stop for Kenosha Police for a mile-long pursuit with a blood alcohol level of .300 BAC, almost four times the legal limit. Kenosha Police asked that he be charged with a felony for fleeing and eluding, but the Kenosha DA’s office denied prosecution, instead, choosing the misdemeanor equivalent. He was sentenced to six months in the county jail, but was allowed work release. From March, 2024 until the end of this school year, he was commuting from Tremper High School to the jail every day, sleeping at the jail at night. He wore an ankle bracelet while teaching our children and grandchildren.
According to a Kenosha Police report obtained via a public records request, the following was reported to the police from the complainant:
In 2022, a woman reported to Kenosha Police that Wisniewski sexually assaulted her. She said that in about May of 2014, she met a guy named Mark Wisniewski. Mark was introduced to her by a mutual friend who is a colleague of Mark. In 2014, Mark and the woman would both meet up at a local bar in Kenosha. Starting in late June early July she said she would drive Mark home several times a week. She said she would sleep on Mark’s couch.
She told police she would give Mark a ride home because he was typically too drunk to drive home and she (correctly) believed he had gotten an OWI and wasn’t allowed to drive. Typically, after she would drive Mark home he would drink more alcoholic beverages.
“Mark would previously make sexual advances towards me. I had no interest in being sexually involved with Mark. I repeatedly rejected him. When I would say “no,” Mark would become angry and verbally aggressive. Mark would call me a ‘whore’ and a ‘cunt.’ Mark would physically intimidate me by getting too close while he was getting verbal with me. Mark would radically pace around the apartment while demeaning me,” the woman wrote in her statement.
On one occasion she claimed that Mark locked her out of his house. She was too drunk to drive home because they consumed more alcohol when they were at his residence. She said she had to bang on the door and beg him to come back into Mark’s house.
She estimated that she slept at Mark’s house on the couch approximately 10 to 12 times. On most of the occasions when she slept on Mark’s couch, she said he made sexual advances towards her and she told Mark that she was not interested or “no.” On August 26th, 2014, she went to a local bar. Mark was also there. She had about eight drinks at the bar over a period of a few hours and said Mark probably had 14 drinks. She gave Mark a ride home even though she said she shouldn’t have. They got to Mark’s house and drank more. She doesn’t know how much more they drank but she said she had enough that she was intoxicated to the point where it was hard for her to “be mobile.” At about 2:00 a.m. or 3:00 a.m. on August 27th, 2014, she laid down on Mark’s couch to go to sleep. She says Mark insisted that she sleep in his bed.
Mark stated it was more comfortable. She went to Mark’s bedroom and laid down on Mark’s bed. Mark took off her clothes. She then said that Mark started penetrating her vagina with his fingers in an aggressive way. When Mark did this she said it caused her pain. She said she was too drunk to speak or say no. She said the entire incident lasted maybe five minutes. She just wanted this to stop.
After this took place, she said she got dressed and went back to the couch. She doesn’t believe that she slept. She just laid there until she was sober enough to leave. She told police she left Mark’s house at about 6:15 a.m.
(Kenosha County Sheriff)
“I never told Mark ‘no’ or to stop. I was too intoxicated to give Mark my consent. I saw Mark all the time after this happened. I would see Mark at the bar. The people at the bar are like family to me and it was a place of comfort to me. I never went back to Mark’s house. I tried to keep my distance from Mark because I was scared of him. I didn’t report this incident when it occurred because I had a negative experience with law enforcement in the past. I remember the date this happened…In March of 2021 I was processing this event. I started texting Mark. I wanted Mark to be accountable for he did to me. I don’t feel that Mark was accountable. About a month ago, I got breakfast with Mark to explain to him how his actions affected me. I didn’t see any remorse or ownership when I told Mark how this affected me. Mark heard what I had to say but there was no apology or closer for this there was no accountability either.”
According to the police report, the detective investigating that case spoke to the Kenosha County DA’s office and they declined to charge Wisniewski. Kenosha County District Attorney Graveley couldn’t comment on this case specifically, but said that delayed reports of sexual assault are “generally” harder to prove because of witness availability, physical evidence, etc.
Here are the text messages the woman shared with police:
Under the law, Wisniewski is presumed innocent of these accusations. KCE filed a public records request for Wisniewski’s personnel file and Wisniewski hired an expensive law firm to shield release of the disciplinary files within.
The 41-year-old English teacher at Tremper High School in Kenosha sued his employer, the Kenosha Unified School District, in Kenosha County Circuit Court. In the lawsuit filed on April 1, 2024, Mark P. Wisniewski lists an address in Kenosha where he resides – but in truth, he resides at the Kenosha County Jail.
(Kenosha County Sheriff)
Unsurprising to people familiar with KUSD policy, all three OWIs were obtained by Wisniewski while he was employed by the Kenosha Unified School District. KUSD said in a statement to KCE that “This employee’s conviction is not substantially related to their employment and, therefore, disciplinary action will not be issued.”
KCE, however asked for Wisniewski’s disciplinary file on March 11, 2024. We wanted to see if driving drunk and running from the cops was his only guilty pleasure. Under Wisconsin law, government employees, like Wisniewski have the right to ask a judge to seal their disciplinary documents from the public – but it is an extremely unique occurance. A leading public records attorney, Tom Kamenick of the Wisconsin Transparency project, has never seen such a request granted.
After a disciplinary file of a government employee is requested under the Wisconsin’s public records law, the government must send the employee a “Woznicki Letter.” The term is phrased after a 1996 Supreme Court ruling, Woznicki v. Erickson. The supreme court ruled that government employees’ personnel files are public record. This letter tells the employee that they have 10 days to notify the government that they intend to to enjoin, or stop the government from releasing the disciplinary documents.
KCE has filed more than 100 requests for disciplinary files from cops, teachers, firefighters government bureaucrats and others. Only once was a Woznicki challenge implemented. This was done by John Steinbrink Jr., the embattled former Public Works Director for Pleasant Prairie. KCE won that case and KCE will win this case.
Woznicki challenges are for instances in which the government employee’s health or safety is at risk, not to protect from embarrassment for bad decisions and misconduct.
Gimbel Reilly Guerin & Brown LLP
Wisniewski’s Attorney is Christopher R. Vandeventer of Gimbel Reilly Guerin & Brown LLP. He’s been an attorney for less than two years – perhaps the reason why he agreed to take a seemingly frivoulous and unwinnable case. According to Vanderventer, “Wisniewski’s reputational interests outweigh any interest the public may have to inspect or release the contents of the requested records because the requested records contain misleading and inaccurate information.”
During the pendency of this case, KCE obtained a police report from Kenosha Police. Attorney Vandeventer filed a motion today asking outgoing Judge Frank Gagliardi to issue an injunction against KCE to bar us from publishing the contents of the police report. Neither Gagliardi, nor any other Judge has the authority to take away someone’s first amendment rights. This police report isn’t the subject of the lawsuit, the personnel file is.
40 Responses
What a goofy, modern-male type of response: “I’m so sorry I had that kind of effect on you”? It sounds like he’s trying to validate “her truth,” or some such liberal nonsense. This guy has to be a modern liberal.
Everyone you insult has to be a “liberal” huh? Is there anything else to your life other that twisted political bullshiat?
This article is about a pathetic drunk and rapist who sadly works with children. There are plenty of Republican asshats who also meet this criteria.
Grow up and learn to speak without dividing the world into two teams.
Ah, yes, the presumption of guilt. Another modern liberal move.
I suppose the good thing with this drunken teacher is that he preys on intoxicated adult women and not teenaged girls.
It sounds to me, as though you’re looking to
justify some of your own actions.
Sorry, that’s not how the law works.
We will no doubt be reading about in the KCE too, some day.
Especially if you’re a teacher.
It is amazing that you figured me out.
…yet.
You’re a fucking clown
This woman also needs to reevaluate her life choices. Perhaps getting trashed at the bar all the time, and driving to the home of someone who berates and harasses you, is a bad idea.
Sounds like she is doing just that. I wish her well.
From what I understand, she doesn’t drink anymore and has gotten professional help for what happened to her. Lets not victim blame.
Is it really that hard to find teachers of sound and good moral character? I just don’t understand why they keep these bad role models around.
Thank you unions.
Your usefulness has worn off decades ago.
First a man takes a drink; then the drink takes a drink; then the drink takes a man
Me and my drink and then my drink and I will all drink to that.
I am so sick of these sexual predators roaming the streets and being allowed around children. This pig needs to be in prison for a LONG time and needs to be prevented from being around children. If KUSD allows people like him to teach children, then anyone allowing this also needs to be in prison as they are complicit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljiVRV5B5i8
Who at KUSD actually hired this person ?
1. This guy is a first class pos! Nobody should ever have to wonder why so many families flee the KUSD system. It’s crap. I’m sure there are good, honest and caring teachers within KUSD but most likely way outnumbered by the rest of them.
2. The woman who came forward seems somewhat of an idiot to keep hanging out with this turd. I applaud her coming forward but seriously….make better decisions.
3. I’m sure our wonderful judicial system will hold him accountable….not!
KUSD’s “finest” on display.
Not sure what’s worse, this or when the KEA defends this POS.
It sounds like both of them need help. Her intoxication doesn’t justify his actions, but her statements are conflicting. She claimed she couldn’t speak because she was too intoxicated, yet chose to lay in his bed because the couch, which she had slept on numerous times before, was suddenly too uncomfortable. This man had been making aggressive advances towards her, and she still chose to sleep in his bed. Afterward, she got dressed and walked into the living room. If she could walk, one would think she could also talk and clearly indicate that his advances were unwelcome.
Absolutely agree. This is a much different story vs the teachers messing with underage kids. It should not have happened but at some point this woman should have realized she kept putting herself in dangerous situation over and over.
sometimes people enter the freeze response instead of fight or flight. i think this woman deserves compassion.
Why would you keep going back? Somethings fishy with this one. 10 years later, after repeatedly going home with this drunk, repeatedly, supposedly, being sexually harassed by the same drunk…..Keep playing with fire, and you will get burned.
Broomstick for this guy
What’s the name of her favorite bar?
classy.
never forget ladies spooning always turns into sporking
Not guilty!
Obviously this woman has a drinking problem too! If he made negative remarks to her why in the hell would she continue to go there…dumb! Drop him off & go home! She’s already under the influence dropping him off. I’m sorry but this could have been avoided before escalating to sex.
She is the dangerous kind of crazy. She needs lot of attention and has, in recent times, discovered that being a victim gets you attention, validation, sympathy, and empowerment. Much easier to be a victim than to hold yourself accountable for your own poor life choices.
I think it takes a lot of bravery to make a report like this. It definitely sounds like she needs help, but it also sounds like filing this report is part of her way of healing. Sexual assaults can seriously impact a victim’s life for years afterwards, and comments like yours are an example of why victims of sexual assault choose not to report at all.
Kevin, do you censor the comments? Mine seems to have vanished.
From time to time when people say they “hate jews” or “hate ni$#ers”, yes, I take that shit down. But I work for a living and don’t have the time to review thousands of comments.
I HATE KETCHUP
Liar.
you sure ain’t a truther
I heard KTEC is hiring…
Not shocked by this at all. Have seen 1st hand how he acts towards women when he is drunk. His favorite words are c#nt and wh@re when he is turned away by women he bothers. He has been removed from establishments for being a bother to others, only to hop right in his vehicle and drive off to the next bar one of his friends owns or his group of barhoppers works at. They all laugh and say its just Mark. Hope this one opens his eyes to his problems. From what I hear, he is actually a very good teacher, but is he sober or not hungover while doing it is the question.
You have to have a background check to volunteer for your kids activities and between the groomer over at Lakeside and this guy, it doesn’t really seem to matter?