Ex- U.S. House Speaker settles child sexual abuse payments suit
Source: AP
Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R) and a man who accused him of child sexual abuse reached a tentative out-of-court settlement Wednesday over Hasterts refusal to pay the man $1.8 million the outstanding balance in hush money that the Illinois Republican agreed to pay the man in 2010.
The hush-money deal would eventually lead to a federal criminal case against Hastert five years later and to public disgrace for the a GOP stalwart who, for eight years as House speaker, was second in the line of succession to the presidency. In the federal case, prosecutors said Hastert sexually abused at least four male students between the ages of 14 and 17 at Yorkville High School.
Federal prosecutors said during criminal proceedings that the hush-money deal was voluntarily entered into and that the victim never sought to blackmail Hastert that hed go public about the abuse. The abuse happened when the victim was a high school wrestler and the now 79-year-old Hastert was his coach.
Hastert paid $1.7 million over four years but stopped the payments after the FBI questioned him in 2014 about illegally concealing huge cash withdraws from his bank. After Hastert pleaded guilty to a banking charge and was sentenced to over a year in prion in 2016. He couldnt be charged with sexual abuse because the statute of limitations had long since run out.
Nothing is more stunning than to have the words serial child molester and speaker of the House in the same sentence, U.S. District Judge Thomas M. Durkin told Hastert.
Read more: https://apnews.com/article/lawsuits-sexual-abuse-illinois-dennis-hastert-99160a4428db66e86da8e275e57c8ec7
This undated file photo provided by the Lake County Sheriff's Department
shows ex-U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert.
(Lake County Sheriff Department via AP File)
rpannier
(24,304 posts)Not surprised in the least
He's a Republikkan
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Traildogbob
(8,566 posts)GQP are all child sexual abusers
Ligyron
(7,592 posts)Here son, let me show you some interesting holds.
underpants
(182,270 posts)llmart
(15,499 posts)Time has not been kind to him. He's as ugly on the inside as he is on the outside.
Hey, Gym Jordan. Take a look. This is your future.
Comfortably_Numb
(3,776 posts)Molester, (R), and I know, I repeat myself ..the (R) goes without saying
keithbvadu2
(36,360 posts)Dennis Hastert set up a comfortable chair in the boys' shower room for his viewing pleasure.
IronLionZion
(45,250 posts)but they probably have good excuses for missing all the current GOP child predators
LeftInTX
(24,541 posts)left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)Did you read the article?
This is just the latest development.
LudwigPastorius
(8,943 posts)He should have died there!
Lulu KC
(2,547 posts)Last edited Thu Sep 16, 2021, 11:41 AM - Edit history (1)
--is all about Dennis Hastert, and carries his story into some interesting connections from the last 20+ years. I think she's from his district and there is a connection. According to her, his crimes extend beyond the heinous sexual molestation of this John Doe and others (for which, of course he was not convicted). The other crimes are not pretty.
She is also very big on the SmartTech 2004 election problem.
Her handle is @soychicka. Enjoy, if you're into this sort of thing!