Kramer was removed as majority leader of the Wisconsin state House on March 4, 2014, after it was alleged that he groped one woman and harassed another while at a fundraiser in Washington, D.C. On March 28, 2014, Kramer was charged with sexual assault in a 2011 incident where he allegedly groped and kissed an aide without her consent. He pleaded no contest to the charges in October 2014 and was sentenced to four months in jail.