In Wisconsin, a 35-year-old woman will spend more than 20 years in prison because she tortured her adopted 15-year-old son so badly that the judge said the boy’s home was like a “concentration camp.”
Law&Crime looked at court records and found that on Tuesday, Bayfield County Circuit Court Judge John P. Anderson told Brianne Faye Nicoletti she would spend 25 years in a state prison and another 20 years under close supervision for her horrible acts.
Nicoletti had already pleaded guilty to one count of each type of child abuse: assault with intent to cause great bodily harm, first-degree careless endangerment, neglect of a child resulting in great bodily harm, assault with intent to cause mental harm to a child, and false imprisonment.
Nicoletti was originally charged with six more counts, but those charges were dropped and read in, which means the judge could think about them when choosing what sentence to give the defendant.
There was a story in the Ashland Daily Press that Anderson scolded Nicoletti in court. She said that her case was “one of the most disturbing cases I’ve ever seen” and that her home was like “Bayfield County’s Concentration Camp.”
According to court records, prosecutors said that Nicoletti would not let the boy eat, letting him eat only once a day, if at all. This would leave him “emaciated” with “sunken cheeks/eyes.” He would also get hit with a flat metal tube for small things like eating without permission.
The boy ran away from home in November 2023 because he was being beaten and hungry, the Daily Press said at the time. But Nicoletti’s boyfriend is said to have found him and locked him back in his room. Nicoletti reportedly cut holes in his winter coat so he wouldn’t be able to stay outside for long amounts of time because he tried to leave the house.
“She’s not a person.” Assistant District Attorney Lynne Van Hollen, who was in charge of the case, allegedly told the court, “The victim was put with a monster.” “She smiles in her mug shot.” This is something I’ve never seen before. It’s not like she’s said she’s sorry.
Before the judge gave the sentence, Nicoletti spoke to the court and said she was sorry for abusing the child.
“I love all of my kids.” “I feel awful,” she is said to have said. “I promise to make changes as best I can.” “I want to be a better person.”
But Anderson made it clear to Nicoletti that he wasn’t buying her fake apology. He is said to have called the end of the case “one of the saddest moments in Bayfield County.” The judge said that Nicoletti seemed like a sociopath who knew how to commit crimes and get away with them.
The Daily Press says he asked her, “Who do you think you are?” “I’m not stupid.” Please. You did the same thing over and over. “I’m sorry you got caught.”
Anderson even ended the case in a way that wasn’t typical. He allegedly told Nicoletti that he normally tells defendants “good luck” after sending them to prison.
The judge told Nicoletti, “I won’t say that to you.” “You don’t deserve it.”
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