CHICAGO (WLS) -- Dennis Hastert wants his hush money back, according to court documents obtained by the ABC7 I-Team.
The former House Speaker is asking to be reimbursed the $1.7 million he paid to a man who claims Hastert sexually abused him as a teen.
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Hastert said the man broke the terms of their verbal agreement by going public with the abuse.
An attorney for the victim says in a statement: "Mr. Hastert has decided that rather than live up to his promise to compensate his victim for his molestation and resulting injury...He will ask his victim to pay him..."
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Hastert is serving 15 months in prison after being convicted of breaking federal banking laws.
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(FILE) Rep. Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., talks to a reporter on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2007, after giving a farewell speech on the floor on the House. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)