YORKVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A man who accused Dennis Hastert of child sexual abuse and then sued the former U.S. House speaker for refusing to pay $1.8 million in exchange for his silence will be named in court if his case goes to trial this month.
A Kendall County judge ruled Thursday that the man's name must be made public at trial.
The man says Hastert sexually abused him when he was a student athlete and Hastert was a wrestling coach at a high school in Yorkville, Illinois, in the 1970s.
Hastert has denied having any sexual contact with his accuser, saying he was treating him for a groin injury.
Jury selection is scheduled to start Sept. 20.
Hastert attracted the notice of federal authorities when he made illegally structured bank withdrawals tied to hush-money payments. He later spent time in prison.
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