Global Courant
Ex-Burnett County District Attorney Daniel Steffen was sentenced to 18 months for secretly recording sexual encounters. Steffen was found guilty of capturing an intimate display of nudity on three counts. Investigators found an iPad containing the sexual videos in Stephen’s home in 2020.
A judge has sentenced a former Wisconsin prosecutor to 18 months in prison for secretly recording sexual encounters with two women, including one he sued in a restraining order.
A jury in April found former Burnett County District Attorney Daniel Steffen guilty of three counts of capturing an intimate depiction of nudity. St. Croix County Circuit Judge Scott Nordstrand handed down the sentence.
A Justice Department agent began investigating Steffen in early 2020, according to the indictment in the case. A witness told the officer that a woman the witness knew had spoken openly about having sex with Steffen in exchange for leniency in her pending criminal cases.
Also on the iPad was another video of Steffen having sex with another woman earlier in 2018. They could be heard talking about how to avoid charges for hitting a mailbox. She told investigators she was unaware he was filming them.
Nordstrand, the judge, also ordered Steffen to two years of extended supervision and four years of probation after he got out of prison.