A Wisconsin teacher who is accused of "making out" with an 11-year-old student is in court this week, with some alleged explicit texts between the pair being read out.
Madison Bergmann, 24, has been at a preliminary hearing in St. Croix County Circuit Court this week.
She is there under 10 felony charges, including first-degree child sex assault, child enticement, and multiple counts of sexual misconduct by a school staff member, per the New York Post.
This story first came to light after the unnamed boy's mother found messages on his phone.
Police were called to River Crest Elementary School in Hudson, in regards to "inappropriate conduct between a current teacher and a 5th-grade student."
The mother of another student in the fifth-grader's class told the New York Post: "My daughter thought he was a problem kid. She said that his desk got moved next to [Bergmann’s] a couple of months ago, and she just assumed that he was in trouble.
"When it was time for lunch, she’d ask him to stay after class, so that just fed into the idea that he was constantly getting into trouble."
During the recent hearing, the court heard that Bergmann exchanged up to 33,000 texts with the boy in the early parts of this year.
Prosecutor Karl Anderson then began reading from the alleged texts, cited by the New York Post.
At one point he references an alleged message where Bergmann says she "felt" the student, before asking: “Did she acknowledge that she felt it?”
“Yes,” school resource officer Traci Hall responded.
“What else did she say?” Anderson asked.
“That she would wear dresses more often because she liked how he touched her leg,” Hall responded.
“Does Ms. Bergmann ever allude to being sexually aroused in the text messages?” Anderson asked.
“She talks about being w*t in the classroom,” Hall responded.
Defense attorneys for Bergmann claim that the charges against her are too harsh and that the texts support their claim.
“There is never any language where she says ‘I want to have sex with you,'” argued attorney Joseph Tamburino, “or that he says ‘I want you to do this with me.'”
“They talk a lot about kissing, and lips, and cheeks, and touching legs,” Tamburino continued.
“They also talk about some sexual issues, obviously, about a woman’s body and a man’s body. But nothing like ‘this is what I want you to do to me,’ or ‘this is what I will do to you.'”
The judge disagreed and found that the texts were evidence of sexual misconduct.
“It’s clear to me that the state has met its burden to find probable cause that the defendant has committed a felony,” the judge ruled in moving the case forward.
“Clearly, there was probable cause presented by the detective today. The case is bound to go for trial.”
Law & Crime reports that in another exchange, the boy told her: "Haha bro I just want to make out with you," to which Bergmann allegedly replied: "I do too! Like alllll the time."
The child also allegedly told investigators that the two had kissed several times and had spoken about having sex, according to KSTP.
Bergmann, who got engaged in December 2023, has also apparently had her wedding called off by her fiancé, with sources claiming he is "p**sed" to find that not only had she allegedly cheated, but that it was with "a little kid".
During a search of Bergmann's classroom, police allegedly discovered a folder in her bag labeled with the victim's name.
Inside, they reportedly found handwritten notes describing instances of kissing and fondling between her and the student.
