Madison Bergmann, a former Hudson, Wisconsin fifth grade teacher, has agreed to plead guilty to lesser charges in connection with the exploitation of an 11-year-old boy.

 

A former Hudson, Wisconsin fifth-grade teacher accused of sending 'inappropriate' texting and sexually abusing an 11-year-old girl wept in court on Monday after agreeing to lesser charges in a plea deal.

Madison Bergmann, 25, pled guilty to one count of child enticement and two charges of sexual misconduct by school personnel at a plea hearing on Monday.

The 5th grade teacher saved a folder containing over 100 love messages from her 11-year-old student victim.

The former elementary teacher at River Crest Elementary had faced onerous jail time when prosecutors opted to drop more serious charges against her including, first-degree sexual assault of a child, using a computer to facilitate a child sex crime, exposing a child to harmful descriptions, and additional counts of sexual misconduct by school staff and child enticement, records showed.

Prior to the more serious charges being dropped, Bergmann had faced up to 18 years jail time following her initial May 2, 2024 arrest.

The plea deal arrangement led to the former teacher visibly shaken and openly weeping as captured by KARE11.

The former educator’s abuse of her young victim came to be exposed when the fifth grade student’s mother overheard her son speaking to the teacher on the phone, according to a criminal complaint.

After checking the boy’s phone, his parents discovered lewd texts between the two, discussing several encounters inside the Hudson, Wis., classroom during lunch or after school.

She allegedly told the young boy how much she enjoyed him touching her and ‘making out.’

The boy’s enraged father stormed into the school with printouts of the salacious conversations, authorities said.

Abuse of position, trust and authority

Madison Bergmann former Hudson, Wisconsin elementary school teacher alleged to having sex with 5th grade student

 

When cops searched Bergmann’s classroom, they found a folder with the victim’s name on it containing over one hundred handwritten love notes discussing how much they kissed.

Prosecutors say a forensic search of the teacher and her student victim’s cell phones revealed more than 35,000 text messages between Bergmann and the 11-year-old, while a search of Bergmann’s computer uncovered nearly three dozen emails exchanged between teacher and the boy. Many of them described touching and kissing, and each of them wanted the relationship to escalate.

Madison Bergmann resigned her position with the Hudson Public Schools on May 13, 2024.

Bergmann had planned on marrying her ‘sweetheart’ in July 2024, only for the engagement to be called off. The accusations blindsided the groom-to-be, Sam Hickman.

Bergmann is slated to be sentenced on Dec. 22, 2025 where she now faces up to 12 years jail time.