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Lawsuit Exposes Fmr Speaker of the House for the Rape of a 10yo Boy in a Bathroom
by Jack Burns, The Free Thought Project:
Illinois resident known as “Richard Doe” says former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Dennis Hastert is the teacher who raped him, and he can no longer stay silent.
Because the crime is sexual in nature, Richard’s true identity is being withheld. Richard says the crime happened when he was in elementary school. Because it occurred years ago, the criminal statute of limitations has expired so he is seeking compensation in civil court.
According to the Chicago Tribune, he’s asking for, “$50,000 in damages from Hastert and Yorkville Community Unit School District 115 for charges including battery, negligent infliction of emotional distress and intentional infliction of emotional distress.”
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Richard says when he was 9 or 10, during the spring or summer of 1973 or 1974, he was biking home and urgently needed to use the restroom. He said he stopped at the Game Farm Building, which is now the Yorkville High School, and went inside to use their restroom facilities. He found the men’s bathroom, located a stall, went inside and closed the door.
That’s when he said he heard a man enter the restroom, make a comment, and then opened his stall door. The safety and security of the public restroom turned into a daytime nightmare for the little boy who says he was sodomized by the unknown assailant.
Richard says he saw the man’s face but didn’t recognize him at first. Weeks later, to his horror, he said the same large man paid a visit to his elementary school, Yorkville Grade School. Richard says the man came to his Physical Education (PE) class, spoke with his PE teacher, and walked towards him. The young boy, who’s now a middle-aged man, stated he began to shake and cry convulsively immediately after the man came into his PE class. He instantly identified the man as his rapist.
The Tribune writes;
The man spoke with the gym teacher and then approached the boy, taking him by the neck into the hallway, according to the lawsuit. The man dropped to his knees and asked the boy if he told anyone about the sexual assault. The boy, crying, said he hadn’t. The man warned the accuser against reporting the attack and threatened that since his father was the sheriff, he could put the boy’s parents in jail if he said anything.
