Anne Knopf
Posted by: Webmaster in FE-MV, Hall of Shame, Middle Schools, Substitute Teachers, Wisconsin
(10/08/07 - Initial BBT Report)
Anne Knopf, 39, of Ellworth, Wisconsin and a former substitute teacher at Prescott Middle School, in Prescott, Wisconsin has been charged with second degree sexual abuse of a child.
Knopf is alleged to have had a sexual relationship with a 13-year old male student who is reportedly Knopf’s daughter’s former boyfriend.
Knopf came to the attention of authorities in May when the father of the boy became concerned after learning of some e-mails from Knopf to his son and the boy took his mother’s car and drove to Knopf’s house.
Thereafter the parents obtained a restraining order to keep Knopf away from their son. At that time the boy allegedly admitted that he and Knopf had been sexually involved for three to four weeks.
Knopf who has worked as a long-term substitute teacher in the Prescott School District for two years until the allegations surfaced regarding the boy this spring.
Knof is scheduled to make her first court appearance on November 5th.
11/05/07 - Initial Court Appearance
Anne Knopf made her initial court appearance today and a judge ruled that her case will go to trial. Here next scheduled court appearance is set for November 20, at which time her lawyer says she will plead not guilty.
Knopf is alleged to have had sex with the 13-year-old boy between January 1 and May 18 of this year.
Today Knopf was fingerprinted and jailers took her mug shot at the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department and she was freed on $25,000 bond. The judge says she cannot have any contact with the boy or his family.
11/26/07 - Charges Added
The criminal complaint against Anne Knopf was amended to add allegations that Knopf had sex with the boy “four or five times” rather than “fewer than three times” as was originally alleged.
1/08/08 - Trial Date Set
A pre-conference hearing was held today and a trial date has been set in the case of Anne Knopf.
The case will be heard by a 12-person jury on April 23 and 24.
07/16/08 - Guilty Plea
Today Anne Knopf pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree sexual assault of a child and was sentenced to nine months in jail and five years probation.
Knopf must also no contact with the victim or any male under the age of 18 during her probation.
She will be required to undergo sex offender assessment and register as a sexual offender for the rest of her life.
References:
Prescott, Wis. / Teacher guilty of sex with boy, 13 (07/17/08)
Knopf Pleads Guilty (07/16/08)
Former teacher sentenced to nine months jail for sexual assault (07/16/08)
Former Prescott teacher pleads to affair with student (07/16/08)
Trial date set in Knopf case (1/08/08)
Former Substitute Teacher Faces a New Sexual Assault Charge (11/26/07)
Wisconsin Mom Charged With Having Sex With 13-Year-Old (11/06/07)
Former teacher charged with sexual assault makes first court appearance (11/05/07)
Former Substitute Teacher Accused of Having Sex With Teenage Student to Go to Trial (11/05/07)
Prescott teacher accused of having sex with 13-year-old (10/08/07)
Charges: Wis. Teacher Had Sex With Student (10/08/07)
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July 24th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
thanks. It’s working now.
July 24th, 2008 at 11:33 am
webmaster,
Links to view previous posts are routing to other offenders on your site instead of pages of comments on this topic.
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Thanks for telling me this, however I just checked and the problem is not showing up for me.
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If you see this problem still or again, would you please include the comment numbers which are not correct?
That would help us locate the problem and resolve it a lot faster, as it appears the problem comes and goes.
Webmaster
July 24th, 2008 at 7:29 am
Interesting: Me being one who had posted prior, round and round with that other person, I whole heartedly (as well) agree with your comment. You put it in a way that others understand, and that I clearly clearly could not do! (I laugh at the Ellsworth/Prescott too… we’re both not, uhm… well, nothing special! :)) So thank you very much for taking the time to write what you wrote… very very very valid points that we all need to take away from this!
July 23rd, 2008 at 11:15 pm
Interesting, thank you for your comments. I agree with your post whole heartedly. Anne should ask for forgiveness and I thoroughly believe that if she would apologize to not only the victim but to the community, her recovery would be a lot easier. She not only hurt the victim and his family, she betrayed the entire community. If she does not act now to move forward in her recovery, she will have other issues in the future. If she is as mentally ill as is alleged, chances are her next offense, be it sexual or other, will be much more severe.