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Thursday, May 14, 2026

After 17 months, Milwaukee prosecutors decide not to charge activist Frank Nitty in sexual assault case - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Milwaukee County prosecutors will not file changes against prominent activist Frank “Nitty” Sensabaugh after four women told police he had sexually assaulted them.

Two prosecutors who reviewed the reports at the District Attorney’s Office said they believed the women but did not think they could prove a case in court.

Sensabaugh has denied the allegations and his attorney has said the activist was falsely accused.

The decision closes an investigation that started in November 2020 when Sensabaugh was arrested after a woman told police he had sexually assaulted her.

At the time, Sensabaugh livestreamed his arrest to his tens of thousands of Facebook followers, naming the woman he believed had made the accusation.

Soon after, three more women separately went to police and described experiences of unwanted or coerced oral sex with Sensabaugh.

The back-and-forth played out on social media for much of last year. Some of the women posted videos about their allegations. Sensabaugh denied wrongdoing in his own videos and later, in response to media inquiries, through his attorney.

Three women later spoke to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and shared their frustration at the long wait for a decision in the case and lack of communication from prosecutors. The Journal Sentinel published the article in late January, more than a year after Sensabaugh was arrested.

Nearly three months later, the district attorney’s office notified the women it would not issue charges.

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