{"id":1276,"date":"2023-03-15T16:06:10","date_gmt":"2023-03-15T17:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=1276"},"modified":"2023-03-15T17:19:15","modified_gmt":"2023-03-15T17:19:15","slug":"exclusive-former-stepson-says-janet-protasiewicz-repeatedly-assaulted-elderly-judge-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=1276","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Former Stepson Says Janet Protasiewicz Repeatedly Assaulted Elderly Judge [VIDEO]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This post originally appeared at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsinrightnow.com\/janet-protasiewicz-repeatedly-assaulted\/\">https:\/\/www.wisconsinrightnow.com\/janet-protasiewicz-repeatedly-assaulted\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>A family friend confirms Michael Madden told him about the alleged abuse when it was happening.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The former stepson of Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsinrightnow.com\/janet-protasiewicz-was-a-pro-life-conservative\/\">Janet Protasiewicz<\/a> alleges that Protasiewicz repeatedly assaulted her then-husband \u2013 his elderly father Patrick J. Madden \u2013 by allegedly slapping Madden with an open hand so hard that she left part of a handprint on his face and aggressively pushing the 70-year-old veteran judge so forcefully that he injured his shoulder and almost fell.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Madden told WRN in two lengthy interviews on different days that his father, a now deceased World War II and Korean War veteran who served on the Milwaukee County bench for 24 years, pulled the plug on his short marriage to Protasiewicz, then a 34-year-old assistant district attorney, because she repeatedly physically and verbally abused him.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_102721\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-102721\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-102721\" src=\"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/c-217x300-1.jpg\" alt=\"Judge Patrick Madden\" width=\"250\" height=\"345\" title=\"Protasiewicz repeatedly assaulted\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-102721\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Judge patrick madden.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Michael Madden lived in the Fox Point home with his father and stepmother during their roughly nine-month marriage, and he says that he witnessed and heard the alleged abuse firsthand, which he said was fueled by intoxication.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI saw it with my own two eyes,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was physical abuse brought on and fueled by alcoholism,\u201d Michael alleged. He said he would \u201cabsolutely\u201d characterize the abuse as assaults by Protasiewicz. <strong>\u201cI would say it was elder abuse.\u201d<\/strong> He says he would be willing to testify under oath and challenged <a href=\"https:\/\/www.janetforjustice.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Protasiewicz<\/a> to sit with him at a kitchen table with journalists and discuss it.<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Michael Madden #14\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZARIbxla0Mk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>At 1:12 p.m. on Tuesday, March 13, we asked Protasiewicz\u2019s campaign if she wished to comment on Michael\u2019s allegations that she physically assaulted his dad. We received no response and no denial.<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Michael Madden #4\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rRtjGTW1IPE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>Michael said his father had a \u201chand print on the side of his face and cheek. He would be very upset. He would say, \u2018Well, there\u2019s no blood,\u2019 but it was clear there was a substantial strike. I think his feeling was if there wasn\u2019t blood, he wasn\u2019t doing anything further.\u201d He said his father hoped \u201cit went away\u201d and was a gentle person who never struck Janet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI observed a red mark on the side of his face and ear. Janet was the person who delivered the slaps,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>A family friend offered a point of corroboration, telling Wisconsin Right Now in a separate interview that Michael Madden told him on two occasions in 1997 that Protasiewicz had physically abused his father.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can corroborate him (Michael) telling me about this in the time frame of that marriage,\u201d the man said.<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Michael Madden #15\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mMIrOlKR1uw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>We asked Michael to re-enact what he says Protasiewicz did to his 5-foot, 6-inch dad using our reporter in his father\u2019s place. [Note on the videos in this article: Media outlets are free to air or use them with proper credit to WRN.] Watch:<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Michael Madden Reenactment\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E8Z7ZNGTMz4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was belligerent and pushed him and slapped him dozens of times, dozens of times,\u201d Michael Madden said in an interview this week. \u201cIt happened on a fairly regular basis. At night, the whole thing would kind of break down. He was, again, 70 years old.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe pushing was close to knocking him over.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Michael was 35 then, only a year older than Protasiewicz when she married Patrick Madden in 1997. Patrick Madden was 70 when he married Protasiewicz, who was less than half his age.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt happened for months,\u201d Michael said of the alleged abuse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would say that she struck him and pushed him three or four times a week. My father was a very gentle guy, so he would try to get away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe got knocked against the wall a couple of times. If there wouldn\u2019t have been a wall there, yes, he would have gone over on the ground. I saw it with my own two eyes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Michael Madden #6\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zk-B3Sc83Vo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI saw it many times.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t believe she is qualified\u201d for the state Supreme Court, he said.<\/p>\n<p>The 1997 marriage between Protasiewicz and Judge Madden disintegrated at warp speed; in less than a year, it was over. Wisconsin Right Now has reviewed hundreds of pages of divorce records in the case, which grew so nasty that a key point of contention was a battle over a family grave plot. The Maddens said Janet wanted to be buried next to the judge\u2019s first, long-term wife, who died of cancer about six months before the marriage, leaving Patrick vulnerable and lonely.<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Michael Madden #3\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5bgg2dWDk8w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe matter of the gravestone \u2013 she wanted to be buried on my mother\u2019s side, which was, you know. everybody was aghast at that, but she was digging in on that one, at that point,\u201d Michael said.<\/p>\n<p>Michael said he heard Protasiewicz call his father \u201cdumb and stupid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJanet was more interested in his name and position and the money she perceived he had than him as a person,\u201d he believes.<\/p>\n<p>During the divorce, Protasiewicz contested a prenup by saying she signed it without reading it and alleged the marriage was a \u201cfraud,\u201d but a judge did not side with her on much, court records show.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-102458 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DSC1202-1024x684-1.jpg\" alt=\"Protasiewicz repeatedly assaulted\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" title=\"Protasiewicz repeatedly assaulted\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Michael Madden did not contact the media. Rather, he first spoke about Protasiewicz when a door walker for state Senate candidate Dan Knodl randomly knocked on his door and asked him about the race. This filtered back to us, and we contacted Madden. He said he also told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel\u2019s Dan Bice about the alleged physical abuse when Bice contacted his family out of the blue and came over to his house with the Protasiewicz\/Judge Madden divorce file. Bice has not run a story. In short, Michael was contacted by the media; he wasn\u2019t looking for media attention.<\/p>\n<p>Numerous times, Michael gave nuanced answers to our questions, at times providing answers that were better for Protasiewicz. For example, we asked if he ever saw Janet punch his father with a closed fist, and he said no.<\/p>\n<p>Bice did write a story about the divorce battle of the other liberal candidate in the state Supreme Court primary, Dane County Judge Everett Mitchell, who is African-American. Mitchell\u2019s estranged wife accused Mitchell of sexual assault during a contentious divorce; Mitchell denied the accusations. \u201cState Supreme Court candidate Everett Mitchell was accused by his ex-wife of sexually assaulting her at the end of their time together \u2014 though the accusation was never investigated or prosecuted,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/news\/investigations\/daniel-bice\/2023\/01\/03\/supreme-court-candidate-everett-mitchell-faced-abuse-allegation\/69735903007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bice\u2019s story read.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bice also wrote a story about unproven allegations against conservative candidate Jennifer Dorow\u2019s 19-year-old son, who was never arrested nor charged in a drug death. Unlike Michael Madden, who is on the record and on video, Bice\u2019s key sources in the Dorow story<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/news\/investigations\/daniel-bice\/2023\/01\/26\/judge-jennifer-dorow-faces-questions-from-family-in-fentanyl-death\/69819140007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> did not use their names.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As a result, Michael believes Bice\u2019s failure to report his allegations constitutes a \u201cdouble standard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Protasiewicz was Michael Madden\u2019s stepmother for about nine months in 1997, court records confirm. Court records confirm that Michael Madden lived in the Fox Point house during the marriage with the couple; he still lives there today. In fact, a key reason the marriage fell apart was that Protasiewicz was allegedly unhappy that Michael lived in the residence, according to court records. She sought an annulment, and Patrick responded by asking for a divorce, and the judge granted the latter, dramatically reducing the amount of money Protasiewicz was seeking.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsinrightnow.com\/janet-protasiewicz-repeatedly-assaulted\/courtrecords\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/courtrecords-150x150-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Protasiewicz repeatedly assaulted\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Protasiewicz repeatedly assaulted\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsinrightnow.com\/janet-protasiewicz-repeatedly-assaulted\/courtrecords2\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/courtrecords2-150x150-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Protasiewicz repeatedly assaulted\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Protasiewicz repeatedly assaulted\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsinrightnow.com\/janet-protasiewicz-repeatedly-assaulted\/courtrecords3\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/courtrecords3-150x150-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Protasiewicz repeatedly assaulted\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Protasiewicz repeatedly assaulted\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The court records do not mention physical abuse, although the divorce battle grew ugly. We asked Michael about this, and he said that his father wanted to keep it private and out of the papers and didn\u2019t think he needed it because Wisconsin is a no-fault divorce state. He said his father was an older generation Navy veteran who was a retired reserve judge at the time and wasn\u2019t the type to tell the outside world about abuse.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Madden died in 2018. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.feerickfuneralhome.com\/obituary\/patrick-madden\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">His obituary<\/a> doesn\u2019t mention Protasiewicz.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>The Family Friend Offers Some Corroboration<\/h2>\n<p>The close family friend of the Maddens, who was at the home many times, offered some corroboration for Michael\u2019s story in a lengthy interview with two journalists from Wisconsin Right Now. He did not want his name printed. We know his name, however, and spoke with him at length.<\/p>\n<p>We asked what Michael told him back in 1997. \u201cThat his father had been struck by her, slapped more than once in his presence, and this was something that he just did not, he couldn\u2019t condone this, and this was going to be a problem,\u201d he said. \u201cHe said it more than once, so that\u2019s why it sticks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe there was at least one pushing incident,\u201d the family friend added.<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Michael Madden #8\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nFW9rCFgAdI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>The family friend said he also knew Judge Madden\u2019s deceased first wife, Virginia, Michael\u2019s mother. His parents were close friends with them. The family friend says he told his mother about the alleged abuse, but she did not seem surprised. She is now deceased.<\/p>\n<p>The friend said that Judge Madden changed after marrying Protasiewicz and \u201cwasn\u2019t as talkative when I was over there. I could see the difference in his (Michael\u2019s) father.\u201d He was less joyful, he said.<\/p>\n<p>The family friend said Michael told him there was \u201cverbal and physical abuse; there is no doubt about it that there was verbal abuse as well.\u201d He did not personally witness it, however.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy firsthand account would be being at the house seeing a large amount of alcohol being ingested, especially on her part,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Michael Madden #9\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hrQXOAysRUo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you see somebody like Judge Madden, I don\u2019t think he ever wanted any of this information to go to public,\u201d the man added.<\/p>\n<p>We asked Judge Madden\u2019s two other children, Sheila Casey and Dr. Mark Madden, whether they knew of the abuse. Neither said they did, but they said that wouldn\u2019t be surprising because they did not live in the home as Michael did. Their father was a proud and private World War II generation Navy veteran who wouldn\u2019t run around sharing that he was allegedly being abused. They also did not dispute it.<\/p>\n<p>Mark Madden said that his father did call him and informed him that his marriage to Protasiewicz was \u201cnot fixable.\u201d Neither Casey nor Dr. Madden has a positive impression of Protasiewicz, whom they believe allegedly manipulated their father into marriage and wasn\u2019t honest during the divorce hearing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDad wasn\u2019t one to really let the dirty laundry fly,\u201d Dr. Madden said. \u201cSomething happened to make him proceed with divorce.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo I trust her? No. Did she lie a lot? Yes,\u201d Casey alleged of Protasiewicz.<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Michael Madden #2\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uaL1gWlvvKQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTowards the end, it was repetitive. It became so bad,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_102712\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-102712\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-102712\" src=\"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/a-172x300-1.jpg\" alt=\"Patrick Madden\" width=\"300\" height=\"524\" title=\"Protasiewicz repeatedly assaulted\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-102712\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Judge patrick madden.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>A vulnerable widower<\/h2>\n<p>When his mother died somewhat suddenly of cancer, Michael said, his father was \u201cat a loss even to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.\u201d He described his dad as \u201cextremely vulnerable\u201d and someone who had \u201cnever really been on his own.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Michael, \u201cmy mother and father weren\u2019t big drinkers.\u201d Once Protasiewicz moved in, \u201cI started seeing a lot of drinking going on, and it was most prominent with Janet,\u201d said Michael. \u201cShe would drink quite a bit. We would go through bottles of Jack Daniels pretty regularly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We asked Michael to detail the alleged abuse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe drinking really escalated everything, and it got worse and worse,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd, for instance, he (Judge Madden) tried to get up from the couch back there, which you see there\u2019s a narrow pathway to the back of the house, and she would block him and push him and, you know, he\u2019s 70 years old. You don\u2019t want your dad to fall.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Michael Madden #1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/67bSyVR-ZW0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>He continued: \u201cSo, I sometimes would have to say, \u2018Hey, knock it off, just go to bed.\u2019 That sometimes worked. Sometimes it just escalated from there.\u201d He added, \u201cI had to tell her on several occasions \u2013 it is my business; that\u2019s my father. And she would get very angry. She might disappear back into the room, and you wouldn\u2019t see her until the next day. She would go to work. It would start up the next day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cI saw it on a daily basis\u201d because he wasn\u2019t working and was home every day.<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Michael Madden #10\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q9Fl1aUSCgo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>Michael said the conflict with Janet made his father worried it would push him to a stroke. His father complained of pain to his ears and shoulder, he said.<\/p>\n<p>His dad did not call the police, he said, choosing instead to divorce Protasiewicz before it got to that point and ended up in the newspaper.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was hitting harder and harder,\u201d Michael alleged. \u201cAgain, I said to him, \u2018What happens if I\u2019m not here, and it goes longer? You might have to call the police.&#8217;\u201d He did not ever do that however, Michael said. Janet has not been arrested or charged in connection with the accusations.<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Michael Madden #5\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d8sjKaLnLwA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>We asked Michael Madden whether he has ever spoken with former Justice Dan Kelly, who is running against Protasiewicz, now a judge herself, for state Supreme Court, and he said no. We asked if he has ever been a member of the Republican Party, and he said no, although he said he usually votes for conservatives. His father was a staunch conservative, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Madden spent time in federal prison for marijuana distribution in 1992 and was placed on probation for cocaine dealing in 1986, although he has no Wisconsin state criminal history since. He was on probation when his father was married to Protasiewicz, and as a result, he said he was not drinking or using drugs during that time period.<\/p>\n<p>Michael speaks about this portion of his life forthrightly.<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Michael Madden #16\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AfqPp0Q8WNI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, I was convicted of selling and delivering drugs on two occasions,\u201d he told WRN. \u201cI took my punishment. I completed my punishment without any problems.\u201d He said he promised his parents that he was done with drugs and that he lived up to that promise, adding that his only trouble since 1992 has been a speeding ticket. Wisconsin court records back that up.<\/p>\n<p>Protasiewicz, a Milwaukee County judge, is remarried to a Milwaukee-area lawyer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was fueled by her alcohol use. I don\u2019t know if she\u2019s ever gotten help for that,\u201d Michael says.<\/p>\n<p>The conservative Judge Madden, who carried a copy of the U.S Constitution in his pocket, wrote about his pro-life views and his beliefs on divorce in a letter to the editor to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. \u201cAny society that champions the judge-created right of a woman to destroy her own offspring and opens the door to \u2018no-fault\u2019 divorce strikes at the very foundations of civility,\u201d he wrote, adding, \u201cNo one can object to abortions that are truly to protect the life of the mother \u2013 nor can anyone object to legal separations from abusive spouses.\u201d He wrote the letter before he married Protasiewicz, however.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_102460\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-102460\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-102460 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DSC1198-1-1024x779-1.jpg\" alt=\"Protasiewicz repeatedly assaulted\" width=\"1024\" height=\"779\" title=\"Protasiewicz repeatedly assaulted\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-102460\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Janet with judge madden.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Court records show that, according to a brief from Janet\u2019s lawyer, Patrick Madden testified that after a mere 10 months of marriage, Patrick told Janet that he had a \u201cbombshell,\u201d which was a request for divorce. His stated reason was that his adult son Michael had found the addendum to the marital property agreement and was disturbed about a transfer of a grave plot to Janet.<\/p>\n<p>She offered to return the grave plot in an effort to save the marriage, but he declined, Patrick testified, according to that brief.<\/p>\n<p>In her affidavit, Protasiewicz said after a full day at work and without warning, she was asked to vacate her home with virtually only the clothing on her back. Patrick offered Janet money for one night\u2019s lodging in a hotel, she alleged in court documents.<\/p>\n<p>Janet entered the marriage in good faith \u201cand with a now destroyed belief that Patrick was a good, honest, and responsible man,\u201d the court records said.<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Michael Madden #11\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Extojg5JSj0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>The marriage \u201ccreated a great deal of hostility in Janet. The level of this hostility shows its teeth in Janet\u2019s outrageous demands,\u201d Patrick Madden\u2019s lawyer wrote.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>There are two more stories in this series. They will be running on Thursday and Friday. You can see part 1 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsinrightnow.com\/janet-protasiewicz-was-a-pro-life-conservative\/\">here.<\/a> In it, Michael Madden and his brother Mark Madden alleged that Protasiewicz, when they knew her, was pro-life and had conservative views on immigration. 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