Dylan Konitzer, a Belle Plaine man accused of sexually assaulting his daughter, will be going to trial at the request of his attorney.
Defense attorney Preston Smead told Shawano-Menominee County Circuit Court Judge Katherine Sloma that he wanted a trial for his client, and Sloma scheduled it for 8:15 a.m. Oct. 28 in Branch I of the Shawano County Courthouse. The trial is expected to last three days, and there will be a final pre-trial hearing at 11:30 a.m. Oct. 13.
Konitzer, 34, has been charged with first-degree sexual assault with a child under 13, causing a child under 13 to view or listen to sexual activity, incest and exposing genitals. He is currently being held in the Shawano County Jail on a $50,000 cash bond.
According to the criminal complaint, Konitzer allegedly repeatedly assaulted his daughter from October 2024 until the end of March. He allegedly showed her pornography with women and would expose himself to her while the porn played. He allegedly told her she had to sleep naked in her bed at night.
This all started around the time the daughter turned 12, according to the complaint. Konitzer allegedly started things after giving her the sex talk, and when the victim said she did not know what a penis looked like, he allegedly showed her his. The daughter claimed Konitzer had commented on her breasts and said that she “had a big butt,” according to the complaint, and there were instances when he allegedly photographed her naked, although the complaint did not indicate if those photos were found.
The victim claimed she tried to lock her bedroom door so she could sleep, according to the complaint, but Konitzer allegedly used a blue Domino’s card to unlock the door and sneak in. The victim claimed that the “weird sex things” happened in the early morning hours or before 10 p.m., when Konitzer’s wife would come home from work. In some instances, the victim allegedly kicked Konitzer when he tried to initiate sexual contact, and he left the room.
The victim claimed she did not say anything at first for fear that it would break up her family, according to the complaint, but she eventually told her mother, who had divorced Konitzer almost 10 years ago, and other relatives. She said Konitzer claimed he did “stuff” with her that he didn’t do with his new wife.
In an interview with the new wife, she told a detective that Konitzer had been a victim of sexual assault himself as a child by a grandfather. The ex-wife backed up the claim, saying he admitted it after she caught him watching porn with their daughter 10 years ago. The ex-wife said Konitzer claimed she would not understand after asking him what was going on, and she told him to leave the house.
In the course of executing a search warrant, detectives found massagers and Harry Potter wands that were reportedly used during the sexual assaults. They also collected a pillow, blanket and clothing that showed bodily fluids when checked with a fluorescent light.
If convicted, Konitzer faces up to 60 years in prison for the sexual assault charge, up to 12 1/2 years on the child viewing sexual activity and incest charges, and up to 3 1/2 years for the exposure charge.
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