Fiance of teacher arrested for ‘making out’ with 11-year-old student just three months to her wedding says wedding is off
The elementary school teacher in Wisconsin who was jailed for having sex with a fifth grader has called off her wedding to her fiancé.
Sam Hickman and Madison Bergmann were scheduled to get married in July.
But according to one of his colleagues who spoke to The Post, the disclosure of her unhealthy relationship with one of her 11-year-old students has put an end to any plans for a wedding.
An acquaintance of Hickman’s who wished to remain unnamed stated on Saturday, “It’s been indefinitely postponed.”
And it’s unlikely to occur. Sam is very hurt and distraught. He’s enraged and embarrassed. This was not fair to him. Everyone is furious,” he continued.
The longtime couple’s wedding page on the popular marriage website The Knot has been taken down.
The friend said the decision to kill the wedding, which was scheduled for July 27, was a mutual decision, not one or the other’s alone.
“It was more like, ‘Well obviously it’s not going to happen this summer.’ Pretty much all that there is to say,” he said.
“He says it’s f–ked up that she cheated with a little kid,” the friend told The Post. “He’s really really hurt. Not talking too much about it, just like ‘this is f–ked up’.”
“He’s still in shock,” he continued. “Not only did she cheat on him, but she cheated with a little kid.”
The 24-year-old teacher was busted after the victim’s parents found texts between the pair, according to charging documents.
The boy’s father then stormed into River Crest Elementary School with printouts of the conversations, prompting an investigation.
The texts revealed intimate messages from Bergmann detailing their encounters inside of the classroom during lunch or after school — including texts telling the boy how much she enjoyed him touching her and “making out,” the charging documents state.
Police additionally found a folder with the victim’s name on it in her bag that contained handwritten notes talking about how much they kissed, they said.
It’s unclear how long the abuse had been going on, but the accused teacher told investigators she was given the boy’s phone number by his mother in December when the family invited the teacher to the Afton Alps for winter break.
That was the same month Bergmann became engaged to Hickman, her social media shows.