A Valentine’s Day night out in downtown Milwaukee has ended with felony charges for a Brookfield man, after prosecutors say he sexually assaulted a woman inside a bathroom at the historic Pfister Hotel and later tracked her down at her workplace.
According to a criminal complaint, the two first met at a Juneau Town bar on Valentine’s Day and went to the hotel together. Court filings say the woman reported that, once inside a hotel bathroom, her head was slammed against a sink and that she remembered little of what happened after that.
Court documents identify the defendant as 24-year-old William Schultz. He is charged with two counts of second-degree sexual assault and one count of fourth-degree sexual assault. Court records show a cash bond of $25,000 was set after his initial appearance on Friday. Prosecutors say that weeks later, Schultz booked a haircut at the woman’s suburban salon, confronted her there and groped her before walking out, according to FOX6 News Milwaukee.
Filings say the woman told investigators her memory of the hotel bathroom incident largely stopped after her head hit the sink. As he left the salon in the later encounter, prosecutors say Schultz told her, “Thank you for not judging my kinks.” Milwaukee County Court Commissioner Rosa Barillas called the post-assault contact “extremely concerning,” according to FOX6 News Milwaukee.
Where prosecutors say it happened
Prosecutors allege the hotel assault took place at the Pfister Hotel in downtown Milwaukee. The hotel’s official site lists its address as 424 East Wisconsin Ave, according to The Pfister Hotel. The property is one of Milwaukee’s long-standing downtown hotels and a regular site for conventions, weddings and other major events.
What court records say
Court filings outline a timeline that starts at a Juneau Town bar on Valentine’s Day, where Schultz allegedly met the woman and convinced her to go with him to the Pfister. The complaint says the woman later told a friend about what she said happened there.
According to the filings, the case took another turn in April, when Schultz allegedly showed up at her suburban salon, groped her and asked her to have sex. She reported the salon encounter to police, but officers say he left before they arrived.
Court records also state that Schultz was cited in 2021 for allegedly assaulting a campus bartender while he was a student at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.
Schultz is presumed innocent, and his case remains pending in Milwaukee County Circuit Court with no trial date publicly listed. Milwaukee County’s court roster identifies Rosa M. Barillas as a court commissioner and notes her role in flagging the post-assault contact during Schultz’s initial appearance, per a Milwaukee County document.
