Expelled UW Student Enters Not-Guilty Pleas On Latest Sex Assault Charges

A judge in Madison has entered not-guilty pleas for an expelled University of Wisconsin-Madison student accused of molesting and harassing 11 women on campus since 2014.

Twenty-one-year-old Alec Cook from Edina, Minnesota stood mute at his arraignment Tuesday on counts of false imprisonment and disorderly conduct — the newest of his 23 criminal charges, filed after an 11th reported victim came forward.

According to the latest complaint, Cook occasionally stared at a female student before trapping her in a dorm basement seven months before alleged incidents that included sexual assaults against 10 other UW-Madison women.

Cook remains free on a $100,000 bond, living with his parents in his hometown in the Twin Cities area.