By The Associated Press Jun 5, 2015, 5:53 PM
4 p.m. (CDT)
A high school friend of Stephen Reinboldt, the man whose family says was sexually abused by former U.S. House speaker*Dennis Hastert, says he was "the nicest, kindest soul."
Pam Snell was a cheerleader when Reinboldt was the equipment manager for the wrestling team at Yorkville High School in Illinois. She remembers traveling with Reinboldt on team trips, and says he was someone who "was trying to be accepted."
Reinboldt's sister, Jolene Burdge, says her brother was abused by Hastert, who was a teacher and wrestling coach at the high school before his career in politics. Reinboldt died in 1995.
Burdge says her brother told her before he died that his first homosexual contact was with Hastert, and that it lasted through high school.
4 p.m. (CDT)
A high school friend of Stephen Reinboldt, the man whose family says was sexually abused by former U.S. House speaker*Dennis Hastert, says he was "the nicest, kindest soul."
Pam Snell was a cheerleader when Reinboldt was the equipment manager for the wrestling team at Yorkville High School in Illinois. She remembers traveling with Reinboldt on team trips, and says he was someone who "was trying to be accepted."
Reinboldt's sister, Jolene Burdge, says her brother was abused by Hastert, who was a teacher and wrestling coach at the high school before his career in politics. Reinboldt died in 1995.
Burdge says her brother told her before he died that his first homosexual contact was with Hastert, and that it lasted through high school.