"I'm sorry that I got so lost:" Melissa Wenckebach sentenced to six years in prison

KENOSHA COUNTY -- Betrayed and victimized. That was the tone as women told a coworker how her actions of secretly videotaping them nude in locker rooms is affecting them. Friday, October 30th Melissa Wenckebach was sentenced to six years in prison for her actions at the Pleasant Prairie RexPlex and Uline.

Melissa Wenckebach

"I am absolutely furious with you, Melissa," said a victim.

One by one, victims of Melissa Wenckebach told her and the court how her actions have affected them.

"We bonded over our pregnancies and babies we had around the same time. Disgusting now that I know she is the one who set me up to look at and talk to her so that she could videotape my nude body and share it with a male coworker," said a victim and coworker at Uline.

Wenckebach pleaded to five counts of capturing an image of nudity -- stemming from placing cameras in the locker rooms at the RexPlex and Uline.

Prosecutors say she did it for Karl Landt, who has already been sentenced for his role. He will serve twelve years of initial confinement in prison, followed by 24 years of extended supervision by the Wisconsin Department of Corrections. He still faces 20 counts of child porn in Illinois.

Wenckebach's attorney says she was vulnerable and under his control.

"He filled a void in those women's lives with complements and he engaged in passive-aggressive behavior including anger, and guilt and loving behavior," said defense attorney, Jonathan Lavoy.

Wenckebach's victims had no sympathy.

Melissa Wenckebach sentencing

"You are just as much a creep and disgusting person as he. You're the one who set up those cameras," said a victim.

Melissa Wenckebach

Wenckebach, a wife and mother, apologized and also tried to explain.

"I'm sorry that I go so lost. Trying to make Karl happy became so important that I couldn't see how horrible this all was," said Wenckebach.

In sentencing Wenckebach, the judge was disturbed by how long the deception went on and the scope of it.

"How low can you go? How depraved can one be? There seemed to be no low limit to your own depravity," said Michael Wilk, Waukesha County judge.

Wenckebach's sentence includes confinement for six years, several years of extended supervision and she'll have to register as a sex offender.