A former state assistant attorney general accused of having an inappropriate relationship with the victim in a criminal sexual conduct case is being charged with misconduct in office, the Kent County prosecutor said Thursday.
Brian Kolodziej, who resigned in September 2019, is being charged with two counts in an Isabella County case but will not face charges in a second case from Oakland County, Kent County Prosecutor Chris Becker said.
Becker s office was tapped by Attorney General Dana Nessel to investigate Kolodziej, one of her former assistants, after Kolodziej resigned during a case involving child sexual abuse. His resignation led to the dismissal of charges against two men in Oakland County and the firing of an investigator from the AG’s office who had been assigned to work with Kolodziej.
The woman in the reported relationship was a victim of Ian Elliott, a Central Michigan University student, who had been charged in connection to a sexual assault case involving two women in 2016. He’d already been sentenced to a year in prison when news of the relationship broke.
After the revelation, the attorney general’s office offered Elliott a lower charge in the case. He pleaded no contest to fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct, court records show.
Becker, on Thursday, declined to give details on the two charges against Kolodziej, and said information on future court dates in Isabella County would come out at a later time.
Former Asst. AG charged with 2 felonies
Oakland Co. officials shocked no one contacted them during investigation
He was an assistant attorney general who resigned after admitting to a relationship with a victim in a rape case. Brian Kolodziej was also the lead prosecutor on another controversial sex crimes case first exposed by the 7 Investigators.
and last updated 2020-12-17 21:22:37-05
(WXYZ) â He was an assistant attorney general who resigned after admitting to a relationship with a victim in a rape case. Brian Kolodziej was also the lead prosecutor on another controversial sex crimes case first exposed by the 7 Investigators.
Now Kolodziej is charged with two felonies.
Kent County prosecutor to give update on investigation into former Asst. AG Brian Kolodziej
Posted at 9:26 PM, Dec 16, 2020
and last updated 2020-12-16 21:26:58-05
(WXYZ) â Kent County Prosecutor Chris Becker is set to provide an update on the investigation into former Michigan Assistant Attorney General Brian Kolodziej on Thursday, Dec. 17 at 3 p.m.
Kolodziej was forced to resign after admitting to having an inappropriate personal relationship with a victim in an Isabella County sexual assault case. Additionally, Kolodziej had another inappropriate relationship with a special agent from Attorney General Dana Nessel s office assigned to a case, which has since been dismissed, that the 7 Investigators has long followed involving charges against former Detroit police officer Sean MacMaster and his stepfather, Larry Orr.