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Ex-GOP House speaker Dennis Hastert finally settles hush money case with high school wrestler

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Former GOP House Speaker and homophobe Dennis Hastert has just reached an out-of-court settlement in a hush money lawsuit involving decades-old allegations of sexual abuse days before the case was set to go to trial.Hastert, who served as Speaker of the House from 1999 until 2007, during which he moved a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage after beating back attempts to strengthen hate crimes legislation, was being sued by a man accusing him of sexually abusing him decades ago.The alleged abuse happened in the 1970s when Hastert was a teacher at Yorkville High School and a state wrestling coach.

His accuser, who has only been identified as John Doe, was a former student athlete who said the ex-lawmaker molested him when he was.

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