FILE - In this April 27, 2016 file photo, former House
Speaker Dennis Hastert departs the federal courthouse in Chicago after
his sentencing on federal banking charges. Illinois Democratic state
Sen. Scott Bennett is responding to the Hastert hush-money case with a
proposal to give prosecutors the right to pursue child sex abuse charges
no matter how long ago the crimes occurred. Bennett says time should
not prevent child molesters from being prosecuted.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - (AP) -- In a story May 4 about Illinois legislation
that would eliminate the statute of limitations on child sex abuse
crimes, The Associated Press reported erroneously that former U.S. House
Speaker Dennis Hastert paid $3.5 million to silence someone who accused
him of sexual abuse. Hastert agreed to pay that amount, but he
ultimately paid only $1.7 million and the victim is now suing him to
collect the rest.
