Dennis Hastert seeks repayment of $1.7 million from sex abuse accuser

“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,” attorney Kristi Browne said. “He admits to agreeing to make payments, but then denies that it is an agreement that he has to keep.”

Hastert paid the former wrestler $1.7 million over 41/2 years through 2014, but he stopped making payments that December after the FBI questioned him in his Plano home about the large bank withdrawals. Hastert is serving a 15-month federal prison sentence in Rochester, Minn., for illegally structuring the bank withdrawals to avoid reporting requirements.

In his lawsuit, Individual A asks that Hastert pay the remaining $1.8 million.