YORKVILLE, Ill. – Former former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert and a man accused of child sexual abuse reached an out-of-court interim settlement Wednesday for Hastert’s refusal to pay $ 1.8 million in exchange for the man’s silence, lawyers for both. said the men.
Lawyers did not disclose the details of the settlement in the case, which was due to go to trial next week in an Illinois court.
The man has only been named James Doe in court documents since the lawsuit for breach of contract was filed in 2016. He said Hastert only paid him about half of the promised $ 3.5 million.