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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDennis Hastert Sentencing: Accuser Tells Him 'Don't Be a Coward'
Source: NBC News
APR 27 2016, 11:04 AM ET
Dennis Hastert Sentencing: Accuser Tells Him 'Don't Be a Coward'
by STEPHANIE GOSK, HANNAH RAPPLEYE and TRACY CONNOR
One of Dennis Hastert's sex-abuse accusers broke his silence Wednesday, testifying about his torment at the sentencing hearing where the former House Speaker will learn if he's going to jail in his hush-money case.
Hastert, 74, is accused of molesting four boys between the ages of 14 and 17 when he was a coach at Yorkville High School decades ago, though he is not charged with any sexual crimes.
One of his accusers, Scott Cross, testified that when he was a senior in high school in 1979, Hastert sexually abused him during a massage after a workout.
"As a 17-year-old boy I was devastated. I tried to figure out why Coach Hastert had singled me out. I felt terribly alone," Cross, who is called Individual D in court papers, testified. "Today I understand I did nothing to bring this on, but at age 17, I could not understand what happened or why."
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Dennis Hastert Sentencing: Accuser Tells Him 'Don't Be a Coward'
by STEPHANIE GOSK, HANNAH RAPPLEYE and TRACY CONNOR
One of Dennis Hastert's sex-abuse accusers broke his silence Wednesday, testifying about his torment at the sentencing hearing where the former House Speaker will learn if he's going to jail in his hush-money case.
Hastert, 74, is accused of molesting four boys between the ages of 14 and 17 when he was a coach at Yorkville High School decades ago, though he is not charged with any sexual crimes.
One of his accusers, Scott Cross, testified that when he was a senior in high school in 1979, Hastert sexually abused him during a massage after a workout.
"As a 17-year-old boy I was devastated. I tried to figure out why Coach Hastert had singled me out. I felt terribly alone," Cross, who is called Individual D in court papers, testified. "Today I understand I did nothing to bring this on, but at age 17, I could not understand what happened or why."
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Read more: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/dennis-hastert-ex-house-speaker-arrives-sentencing-wheelchair-n563401
Also: Alleged Hastert victim Individual D is brother of Hastert political ally Tom Cross (Chicago Tribune)
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Dennis Hastert Sentencing: Accuser Tells Him 'Don't Be a Coward' (Original Post)
Eugene
Apr 2016
OP
Well creep Hastert just got taken out in a wheel chair after getting 15 months and 250000 fine
Person 2713
Apr 2016
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Person 2713
(3,263 posts)1. Wow victim Individual D is brother of Hastert political ally Tom Cross
creepy
rurallib
(62,444 posts)3. The whole Hastert story is creepy
Having a reclining chair facing the shower so he could watch the boys shower after practice. really creepy.
Person 2713
(3,263 posts)4. Well creep Hastert just got taken out in a wheel chair after getting 15 months and 250000 fine
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10492421
Creepy he at one time he was 2nd in line for POTUS!
Creepy he at one time he was 2nd in line for POTUS!
Demonaut
(8,924 posts)2. bullshit, four that we know of, I'm fairly sure there are more victims