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Sister says man had sex with former U.S. house speaker

  A Montana woman says the FBI interviewed her about her allegations that her brother had a sexual relationship with Dennis Hastert, the high school wrestling coach who became speaker of the House. Hastert was charged last week in a federal indictment that alleges he agreed to pay $3.5 million to someone from Yorkville, so the person would stay quiet about "prior misconduct." Hastert taught and coached high school wrestling at Yorkville before he was elected to Congress.  Jolene Burdge of Billings, Montana, says the FBI interviewed her in mid-May about Hastert. She says her brother told her before he died in 1995 that his first homosexual contact was with Hastert and that the abuse lasted throughout high school. In an interview aired today/Friday on ABC's "Good Morning America," Burdge identified her brother as Stephen Reinboldt.
  

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