Trial set for Sheboygan photog accused of groping model

More than a year after he was charged, a Sheboygan photographer will head to trial for allegedly sexually assaulting a model whom he contacted through Facebook for a photo shoot.

Anthony D. Marquez, 32, 2736 Windepoint Court, appeared Monday in Sheboygan County Circuit Court where Judge Terence T. Bourke set a May 13 trial date.

Marquez was charged in January 2014 with misdemeanor fourth-degree sexual assault, and pleaded not guilty in March of last year. If convicted, he faces up to nine months in jail and up to $10,000 in fines.

It’s the second time a trial date has been set in the case. A trial originally was scheduled for earlier this month but the public defender, Patricia Ann Adelman, requested an adjournment due to the fact that she would be gone on leave.

That was after Adelman had already put in three requests for additional time and four additional adjournment requests. Marquez has been out on bail since March 2014.

According to a criminal complaint:

A 24-year-old woman told a detective with the Sheboygan Police Department that Marquez had reached out to her on Facebook saying he “liked her look” and wanted to do a photo shoot with her.

After the Jan. 8, 2014, session at his Sheboygan home, Marquez and the model were sitting on a couch viewing the photos when Marquez suddenly put his arms around her chest, pinning her arms to her sides, and tried to kiss her. The woman told police that she immediately pulled away.

After Marquez then groped her breast, she said she was able to retreat from the residence.

When he was later questioned by police, Marquez denied any wrongdoing saying he did not find the subject of the photo shoot attractive.