WAUSAU − A former therapist who was charged with having inappropriate sexual contact with a client pleaded no contest Sept. 3 and will serve six months in the Marathon County Jail.

Aaron A. Mielke Sr., 54, of Rothschild, was charged with sexual exploitation by a therapist and third-degree sexual assault. According to court documents, as part of the Sept. 3 plea agreement, the state amended the third-degree sexual assault charge to misdemeanor battery before Mielke pleaded no contest.

Marathon County Circuit Judge LaMont Jacobson stayed a 7.5 year state prison sentence and 5 years on extended supervision for the charge of sexual exploitation by a therapist, and placed Mielke on one year of probation along with the jail time on the battery charge. Mielke will also surrender all licenses

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