Former DA Ken Kratz files for bankruptcy

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- A former Wisconsin prosecutor accused of sending racy text messages to a domestic abuse victim has filed for bankruptcy.

Ken Kratz's attorney, William Woodrow, filed the petition in federal court in Green Bay on April 5. According to court records, Kratz said he has as many as 49 creditors and $500,001 to $1 million in liabilities.

Kratz resigned from his $105,000 position as Calumet County district attorney in 2010 after The Associated Press reported he tried to spark an affair with a woman while he prosecuted her ex-boyfriend for domestic abuse.

The woman has filed a federal sexual harassment suit seeking unspecified damages against Kratz. The bankruptcy filing leveled an automatic stay on all creditors' actions against him, though. The woman's attorney, Michael Fox, didn't immediately return an email Monday.