From
June 5, 2015 ABC News:
In Steve Reinboldt’s 1970 high school yearbook, wrestling coach
Dennis Hastert wrote that Steve was his “great, right hand man” as the student equipment manager of the Yorkville, Illinois wrestling team.
But Steve was also a victim of sexual abuse at the hands of Hastert,
Steve’s sister said today in an interview with ABC News. It is the first
time an alleged Hastert victim has been identified by name
since his indictment for lying to the
FBI
and violating federal banking laws to cover-up past misconduct.
Hastert, due in court next week, has not responded to the allegations.
In an emotional interview, Steve Reinboldt’s sister Jolene said she
first learned of her late brother’s purported years-long sexual abuse at
the hands of the future Speaker of the House back in 1979 when her
brother revealed to her that he was gay and had been out of high school
for eight years.
“I asked him, when was your first same sex experience. He looked at me
and said, ‘It was with Dennis Hastert,’” Jolene said. “I was stunned."...
Jolene said she believes the abuse ended when Steve moved away after his high school graduation in 1971. Reinboldt died of AIDS in 1995. She believes Hastert’s alleged actions irrevocably changed Steve's life for the worse.
Coincidence or consequence?
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