Prosecutor Found Guilty of Secretly Recording Sexual Encounters with Woman

Posted by Lashay Rain on Monday, April 15, 2024

Daniel Steffen, a criminal prosecutor, has been given an 18-month prison sentence for recording his sexual encounters with women without their consent. He was found guilty of capturing intimate representations without consent, facing a potential sentence of up to 10 1/2 years.

Steffen, then an assistant district attorney in Burnett County, Wisconsin, USA, was involved in prosecuting one of the victims, identified as Victim 1. She alleged that Steffen offered leniency in her court case and subsequently engaged in sexual relations with her.

According to the criminal complaint, Victim #1 first encountered Steffen during a pretrial conference. It states, “The defendant was the ADA handling the case.”

The complaint further details that the recorded encounters occurred on multiple occasions without the victims’ knowledge of being recorded. Investigators uncovered evidence of these recordings, including an incident where Steffen winks at the camera during the sexual act.

Steffen was caught discussing potential criminal matters with another woman during a recorded encounter. Investigators were alerted by a witness who disclosed the exchange of sexual relations for leniency in criminal cases involving Steffen.

An investigation led to the seizure of an iPad containing the illegally-recorded sexual encounters from Steffen’s home. In addition to the prison sentence, Steffen was ordered to serve two years of extended supervision, four years of probation, and 10 years on Wisconsin’s sex offender registry.


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