King County Assessor John Wilson was ordered to be monitored by GPS following allegations he broke a no-contact order twice.
SEATTLE — A Seattle judge reimposed an order that King County Assessor John Wilson wear a GPS monitoring device after being charged in March for allegedly violating a no-contact order in 2025.
According to court documents filed in April, Wilson was ordered to wear the device with exclusion zones. On May 5, the court said he must continue to wear a monitor, but would allow accommodations such as wearing the device at a looser setting, “but tight enough that it cannot be removed.”
His next hearing is scheduled for May 19.
Wilson, who is currently serving his third term as assessor, violated the order on June 30 and July 2 of 2025, according to court documents. The charges against him are gross misdemeanors.
In July of 2025, Wilson was booked into the King County Correctional Facility, arrested for suspicion of stalking and violating a court order, according to Seattle police.
Wilson and his former fiancée, Lee Keller, the woman behind the protection order, registered a domestic partnership in January 2023 but began living apart in April 2024.
A temporary restraining order was filed against Wilson in May 2024, in which Keller alleges Wilson has anger management issues, a history of stalking and harassment. That was eventually dropped.
Another restraining order was filed in May of 2025, as was a petition in King County Superior Court to dissolve the partnership. A judge granted a temporary restraining order against Wilson, stating that “there would be irreparable harm … if this order is not granted.”
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