Sabba – He could be jailed for 6 months for having sexually abused and then tried to cover it up by paying off $3.5 million to one of the 5 boys he allegedly molested. Compare that with the Louisiana man who is now facing 20 years to life in jail for stealing $31 worth of candy bars (LINK)
RINF – Former Republican and Speaker of the House of Representatives Dennis Hastert could be jailed for six months for trying to cover up a $3.5 million payoff to one of five boys he allegedly molested when he was a high school teacher in Yorkville, Illinois.
The abuse allegations date from 1965 to 1981, when Hastert was a teacher and wrestling coach at Yorkville High School in Chicago prior to becoming an Illinois state legislator.
Hastert was initially charged on a two-count indictment in May of 2015 for deceiving investigators about $3.5 million he had privately agreed to pay a certain “individual A” as restitution for an unspecified “prior misconduct.” He was also accused of withdrawing money in such a way that kept banks from reporting his transactions to the government, to which he pleaded guilty in October of 2015. The nature of the misconduct for which he had paid the person were not named.
That question has now been clarified, however. Court documentsfiled on Friday detail the former Republican’s sordid past and the great lengths to which he went to cover it up.
Prosecutors detail how Hastert would first offer his victims a massage before abusing them, leaving the boys to “feel alone, ashamed, guilty and devoid of dignity.”