Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert leaves the Dirksen Federal Court House in a wheelchair after his sentencing on April 27, 2016 in Chicago, Illinois. Hastert was sentenced to 15 months in prison and ordered to pay $250,000 to a victim's fund for breaking banking laws as he sought to pay a man identified only as Individual A, 14-years-old at the time, millions of dollars to keep quiet about past sexual abuse. The abuse occured during Hastert's years as wrestling coach at Yorkville High School decades ago.(Photo by Joshua Lott/Getty Images)
(CBS) – Attorneys for disgraced former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert have demanded $1.7 million back that Hastert paid someone to keep sexual abuse allegations quiet.
The claim says the individual – who is not named — broke a confidentiality agreement that was part of their settlement.
The hush money demand led to Hastert’s subsequent federal prosecution. He was accused of breaking banking laws, but the case also unearthed allegations that Hastert, an Oswego Republican, had sexually abused students he coached decades before.
