Dennis Hastert

Five years after it was filed, a lawsuit came to an end Wednesday between former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert and a man who claims the former lawmaker sexually abused him as a child and then refused to pay him $1.8 million for his silence.

A status hearing was delayed Monday for an out-of-court settlement between former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert and a man who claims the former lawmaker sexually abused him as a child and then refused to pay him $1.8 million for his silence.

The deadline to finalize an out-of-court settlement between former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert and a man who accused him of child sexual abuse has been delayed until next week

A Kendall County judge has delayed the civil case between the former Speaker of the House and James Doe until mid-September.

The February trial for the $1.8 million breach-of-contract case between former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert and a man known as James Doe has been delayed yet again by a Kendall County judge because of the COVID-19 pandemic.