Dominic Cizauskas, senior linebacker at Mukwonago High School, was charged with third-degree sexual assault Monday for allegedly raping a female University of Wisconsin-Madison student in December 2013, according to a criminal complaint filed in Dane County Court.
Cizauskas, who was expected to join UW-Madison’s 2014 freshman class in the fall, assaulted the woman in her dorm room Dec. 14, 2013 while visiting the university, according to a report filed by UW-Madison Police Department Detective Carol Ann Kashishian Dec. 16.
Following a series of text messages between Cizauskas and the victim late Dec. 13, through which he had indicated wanting to have sexual relations with her, Cizauskas entered the victim’s unlocked bedroom in Sellery Hall around 1 a.m., according to the complaint. The victim reported trying to dissuade him from visiting her.
Upon his arrival, Cizauskas told the victim he had drank 10 shots over the course of half an hour, she said in the complaint. She reported he then forcefully took off her pants and had sexual intercourse with her despite her numerous attempts to oppose him.
“I tried to make excuses trying to get him to leave,” she said in the complaint. “I didn’t know what to do. I was by myself, my roommate went home for the weekend and he’s a 200 pound football player and he had been drinking.”
The victim and Cizauskas attended high school together and had engaged in consensual sexual relations prior to the incident, though the victim approximated their last sexual encounter was June 2013, according to the complaint.
A second hearing has been scheduled for March 31.
