Eric Fleming, owner of the downtown Crave Restaurant and Lounge, was convicted of disorderly conduct Wednesday in Dane County court.
Fleming said he plans to appeal the decision because witnesses who previously accused him now state he did nothing wrong.
""The judge decided because of the police [testimony] that there was enough hearsay evidence that they still allowed the disorderly conduct [charge] to go through,"" he said.
According to the Wisconsin State Journal, police initially charged Fleming with fourth-degree sexual assault in November for allegedly groping a woman as she was removed from Crave. Judge Stuart Schwartz said the police testimony was valid, according to the WSJ. The woman did not testify in court, according to Fleming.
Crave is set to close after six years at its 201 W. Gorham St. location, with Fleming previously saying the bar had experienced poor sales in recent months.
