DANE COUNTY (WITI) — A former University of Wisconsin football recruit, convicted by a jury of sexually assaulting a woman during a visit to the Madison campus last December will spend a year in jail.
When he is released from jail, Dominic Cizauskas will serve three years of probation.
Cizauskas was found guilty on one count of third-degree sexual assault.
Cizauskas was a student-athlete in Mukwonago.
The sexual assault incident occurred in December of 2013, [...]
“The effects of what happened December 13th will stay with me for the rest of my life. I had to sit back and listen to all that people were saying without giving my side and saying how I felt. Now, after eight months, I finally get to say how I`ve been feeling this whole time,” the victim said in court during Cizauskas’ sentencing.
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The complaint indicates Cizauskas pushed the victim into a laying position and began having sex with her without her consent.
The victim told police she tried to make excuses to get Cizauskas to leave. She says she told him several times: “I can’t do this.” The complaint says the victim told police: “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 complaint indicates the victim is 5’7″ tall, and weighs 126 pounds.
The victim was eventually able to get Cizauskas off of her — before climbing up into her loft-style bed — hoping Cizauskas “would get the hint and leave.” The complaint says Cizauskas followed her into her bed and “kept going.”
The complaint says the victim continued to tell Cizauskas she “could not do this” and continued to come up with excuses in an attempt to get him to stop and leave.
The victim told police: “I tried to push him off of me, but he’s a 200-pound football player,” according to the complaint.
Eventually, the sexual activity stopped, and the victim told Cizauskas he should go, according to the complaint.
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“After being sexually assaulted, the last thing I wanted was to have an invasive exam. That night after the hospital, I wet the bed in my sleep. I was 18 years old and wet the bed, which was humiliating, even though I knew it was because of the trauma I had just went through,” the victim said in court during Cizauskas’ sentencing.
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FOX6 News has learned in June 2013, the Wisconsin Football Recruiting website posted Cizauskas was recruited by UW-Madison. The next day, Cizauskas announced his commitment.
Shortly thereafter, it became clear something was wrong.
In January, those who followed Mukwonago boys basketball noticed Cizauskas had not played in the Indians’ last two games.
He was expected to sign a letter of intent in the beginning of February — but that didn’t happen.
Cizauskas’ victim, who is also from Mukwonago, shared her experiences of going home after the news of the sexual assault became known.
“They didn`t believe me. After he was formally charged, it got worse. Facebook was filled with articles and people commenting about me,” the victim said.
In court during Cizauskas’ sentencing, the victim’s mother also spoke.
“We were ostracized by the community. People who were more worried about his football career than my daughter being raped. Poor Dom. What is he going to do now? What about his football career? What about my daughter? She was raped,” the victim’s mother said.
“In this situation there`s only one victim: me. Dominic is not a victim,”