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Making a Murderer prosecutor Ken Kratz has blasted the Netflix show creators for painting him as a "villain."

Speaking exclusively to Mirror Online he says Steven Avery's defense team are "irresponsible" and focused his fury on a woman who claimed he'd sent her raunchy texts insisting it's all "lies."

Steven Avery's fight back to freedom will begin in 30 days as his lawyer gets set to unveil new DNA evidence she claims will set her client free.

But as the case gets set to enter the court system once again fans of the show are going out of their way to discredit the original prosecutor Kratz - over his own alleged sex assault.

According to court documents filed in 2014 in Wisconsin, Kratz was not just accused of lurid texts to vulnerable women - but also of forcing one of them to have sex against her will.

The allegation - which was dropped by the prosecution - shows Mr Kratz who recently tried to get Avery to confess by writing a book - was accused of his own sex attack.

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In the Netflix show, documentary makers revealed Kratz, 55, was accused of sexting a 26-year-old domestic violence victim involved in one of his cases.

He is said to have written: "I have the $350,000 house. I have the 6-figure career. You may be the tall, young, hot nymph, but I am the prize!"

But it can be revealed the former Calumet County District Attorney was also accused of having "forcible sex with an emotionally vulnerable woman," an allegation he was never prosecuted for and was later dropped.

Mr Kratz appeared before an Office of Lawyer Regulation hearing in 2012 admitting to a prescription drug habit which he said "lowered his inhibitions," he also admitted to being a sex addict.

But the allegation of "forcible" sex was never highlighted in the show - nor did he ever address it - and this and another five allegations were later dropped.

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Now in a remarkable outburst Mr Kratz says all but one of the charges levied against him are false - taking aim at Steven Avery's defence team.

He told Mirror Online : "The sexual assault allegation in the original OLR [Office of Lawyer Regulation] complaint was unfounded, it never happened, that's why it was dropped very soon.

"To have media sources report allegations later dismissed is very irresponsible, and I've seen the Avery Defense Team using that tactic a lot in this case regarding me.

"In the 'Making a Murderer' documentary, they include a media clip about '5 women coming forward'....they don't tell you that all of those, with the exception of the texting incident (which I self reported) were fabrications...they never happened. Why don't they tell the viewers those were all untrue?

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"So, the filmmakers KNEW those allegations were ALL dismissed, in fact should have known that I was considering a defamation claim against one of the complainants who went on TV saying I had made sexually explicit messages with her that later was determined to be blatantly MADE UP by her. Just to get her face on TV.

"So here's the question...the filmmakers KNOW those are untrue allegations, but they include them in their movie anyway in furthering their attempts to cast me as a villain.

"How do they justify that???

"Ask them if they KNEW those allegations were unfounded when they included them in their movie... and if so, what possible relevance did including LIES about me have to their film???

"Remember, they have claimed that they did not try to make me look bad by edits they made, or what they put in their movie, and we're trying to be FAIR to both sides."

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As a result of the investigation Mr Kratz had his license suspended and was forced to pay $23,904 to cover the costs of the disciplinary proceedings.

Ironically he blamed his addiction to prescribed medication including the anxiety drug "Xanax" on the Avery case.

In 2013 he settled a civil suit by the first woman who had brought the complaint against him and later filed for bankruptcy .

The story of Avery's original rape case and subsequent murder conviction hit prominence after it appeared on Making a Murderer with fans rallying to support the 53-year-old.

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Avery was convicted after the confession of his nephew Brendan Dassey who claimed the pair raped and killed 25-year-old Teresa Halback in cold blood.

Nevertheless campaigner Shaun Attwood says any new trial going forward should be without the involvement of Kratz who by his own admission has shown incredibly bad judgement.

He said: "Finger pointers are often the ones doing the stuff they accuse others of.

" Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey were accused of sexual assault by Kratz.

"I've read the court papers on what is alleged to have happened and there was multiple victims and they were vulnerable women.

"He seems to disassociate himself with his own behaviour, he doesn't take responsibility for his actions."

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Now as his lawyer Kathleen Zellner gets set to lodge paperwork within the next month fans say Kratz should not be involved with any legal proceedings going forward.

Zellner is honing in on DNA evidence extracted from Teresa Halbach's car which she claims will prove Steven Avery did not commit the crime.

She has also repeatedly hit out at Kratz saying he gives "vampires" a bad name for trying to get Avery to pen a book with him.

The growing campaign for a retrial will only serve to embolden Zellner who told ABC news this week that Steven is "thrilled that there is new development in technology."

She visited him for the fourth time last Friday at Waupun Correctional Institution in Wisconsin.

“Since 2007, there have been significant advances in forensic testing," Zellner told WBAY-TV.

"The clearest way to do this is with scientific testing and that’s what we will be asking to do.

"I want to examine what was not tested in the car that should have been tested ... We will do everything necessary that's forensically available."