--- title: Man Who Accused Former Speaker Dennis Hastert to Testify description: Dennis Hastert is accused of sexually abusing four boys while he was a high school wrestling coach decades ago. canonical: https://time.com/4292603/hastert-abuse-trial-testify/ author: Daniel White article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-13T18:26:34.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T16:42:44.370Z article:section: U.S. og:title: Man Who Accused Former House Speaker Hastert to Testify og:description: Dennis Hastert is accused of sexually abusing four boys decades ago og:url: https://time.com/4292603/hastert-abuse-trial-testify/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt165b886a02641814/69888c4c3c1639d17f45c8de/denis-hastert-abuse-trial.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Dennis Hastert og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Man Who Accused Former House Speaker Hastert to Testify twitter:description: Dennis Hastert is accused of sexually abusing four boys decades ago twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt165b886a02641814/69888c4c3c1639d17f45c8de/denis-hastert-abuse-trial.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Man Who Accused Former House Speaker Hastert Expected to Testify by [Daniel White](/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Apr 13, 2016 6:26 PM CUT  Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert leaves after a guilty plea at Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015 in Chicago. Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert leaves after a guilty plea at Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015 in Chicago.Zbigniew Bzdak—Chicago Tribune/TNS/Getty Images by [Daniel White](/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Apr 13, 2016 6:26 PM CUT A man who accused former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert of sexual abuse is [expected to testify](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/04/13/prosecutors-expect-man-who-accused-dennis-hastert-of-abuse-to-testify/?tid=sm%5Ftw "undefined") at a sentencing hearing later this month, federal prosecutors revealed Wednesday. Prosecutors last Friday said that [four boys had been abused by Hastert](http://time.com/4287547/dennis-hastert-acused-abuse-justice-department/?iid=sr-link1 "undefined") during his tenure as their wrestling coach decades ago. “Individual D,” the man who will testify later this month, is one of them, according to the Washington _Post_. In the fall Hastert, who retired from Congress in 2007, pleaded guilty to charges of structuring some $1 million in bank withdrawals in an effort to skip federal reporting requirements. The money was being used to pay off a victim of Hastert’s abuse, prosecutors said. Last week, Hastert’s legal team urged a federal judge to spare him jail time, [seeking probation instead for the 74-year-old.](http://time.com/4284508/dennis-hastert-probation-misconduct/?iid=sr-link8 "undefined") Hastert has previously expressed regret for his actions, with his defense attorney releasing a statement over the weekend, according to the Post. “Mr. Hastert acknowledges that as a young man he committed transgressions for which he is profoundly sorry,” Hastert’s attorney Thomas Green wrote in a statement. “He earnestly apologizes to his former students, family, friends, previous constituents and all others affected by the harm his actions have caused.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4292603/hastert-abuse-trial-testify/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4292603/hastert-abuse-trial-testify/"},"headline":"Man Who Accused Former House Speaker Hastert Expected to Testify","datePublished":"2016-04-13T18:26:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T16:42:44.370Z","description":"Hastert is accused of sexually abusing four boys while he was a high school wrestling coach decades ago","url":"https://time.com/4292603/hastert-abuse-trial-testify/","keywords":["Congress","Crime","sexual abuse"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt165b886a02641814/69888c4c3c1639d17f45c8de/denis-hastert-abuse-trial.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel White","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-white/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt165b886a02641814/69888c4c3c1639d17f45c8de/denis-hastert-abuse-trial.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Dennis Hastert","caption":"Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert leaves after a guilty plea at Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015 in Chicago.","creditText":"Zbigniew Bzdak—Chicago Tribune/TNS/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4292603/hastert-abuse-trial-testify/","name":"Man Who Accused Former House Speaker Hastert Expected to Testify"}}]}] ```