then there's steven reinboldt. he died in the mid '90s, his sister is having to come forward for him, coming forward with serious allegations against someone at one point second in line for the u.s. presidency. >> jolene burdge tells cnn news

although steven reinboldt insisted that money was not given to her or her brother before he died. scott, i want to talk to you about how this is resonating in yorkville. first, to be clear, we do not definitively know who individual "a" is. >> no we don't. when steven reinboldt's sister came forward, she made it clear he was not individual "a." >> just to be clear on the charges he's facing this is all related to the fact he was taking out more than $10,000 in cash out of banks, which is a no-no. there are no charges whatsoever involving any kind of sexual abuse. >> no there are not. the statute of limitations has passed on that. so even if steven was still alive, unfortunately he wouldn't be able to press any charges against hastert due to it takes place so long ago. >> okay. here you are. you're in yorkville reading about the color in the town and how dennis hastert, you walk around yorkville, and he'sdenny. how are people reacting? >> people are pretty reticent to talk about it. it's definitely a sensitive subject for the penal of yorkville. i spoke to the mayor of yorkville, a

she tells abc news her brother steven reinboldt opened up to her about the alleged abuse when he told. >> i asked him, stevie when was your first same-sex experience? i mean he just looked at me and said it was with dennis hastert, and i -- i just -- you know i was stunned. i said why didn't you ever tell anybody, stevie? i mean he was your teacher. why didn't you ever tell anybody, and he just looked at me and said who is ever going to believe me? in this town who is ever going to believe me. >> and was it your sense that this happened more than once? >> mm-hmm. i said was it all through high school? >> and he said yes, all through high school. >> nbc has not independently confirmed the story and we've made multiple attempts to contact hastert, but they have been unsuccessful. but a friend ofryan bolt who did not want to be named said he had sexual contact with hastert. he said i was hanging out at steve's house in december of 1974. i seem to recall we went for a drive, and he told me that he was gay. he also said that his first sexual encounter was with denny hastert. reinboldt's si

involved a student while he was a teacher here at yorkville high school, but neither the sister of steven reinboldt that spoke with abc news or the friend and former classmate of reinboldt that spoke to nbc news knows who individual "a" is so that is the big question right now. now, that friend did tell us that reinboldt confided with him back in 1974 and said that he had a sexual relationship with hastert, that friend said he was flabbergasted. he did not want his identity revealed, but he said that he believes that this relationship had multiple encounters and that he even told us that while reinboldt did not go into detail he did say that the encounter began with massages and he wouldn't say anything more than that. as you mentioned, hastert has not commented on these allegations since the indictment came out, and really his attorney has not said anything either and the firm won't even officially confirm that he's being represented by that firm so he will be scheduled to be in court to make his first public appearance next week. chris? >> so there's no way hastert can run away from this because

i can now tell you a woman has come forward saying her brother, her now deceased brother steven reinboldts of abuse at the hands of the high school wrestling coach, dennis

man we spoke to is the second person to come forward in the past 24 hours with the story of steven reinboldt, a now deceased former student of the illinois high school where hastert coached wrestling. next's gabe gutierrez is on the story. >> reporter: steve reinboldt was the student equipment manager for the yorkville high wrestling team dennis hastert coached. in an interview with abc news his sister jolene says years after he graduated her brother told her he had a sexual relationship with hastert. >> i asked him, when was your first same-sex experience. he just looked at me and said it was with dennis hastert. and i just, i, you know, i was stunned. i said, why didn't you ever tell anybody, stevie? i mean, he was your teacher. why didn't you tell anybody? he just looked at me, and he says who is ever going to believe me? >> reporter: her brother died of aids in 1995. another friend and classmate of reinboldt's who asked us to conceal his identity tells nbc news reinboldt confided in him back in 1974. >> started to talk about his relationship with denny hastert. and told me that they had

he is the second person to come forward in the past 24 hours with the story of steven reinboldt a student where hastert teached wrestling. >> reporter: steve reinboldt was the student equipment manager for the team dennis hastert coached. in an interview, his sister jolene told her years after he graduated he told her he had a sexual experience. >> he said it was with dennis hastert. and i just i know i was stunned. i said why didn't you ever tell anybody, stevie? he was your teacher. why didn't you ever tell anybody? and he just looked at me and he says who is ever going to believe me? >> reporter: her brother died of aids in 1995. another another friend and classmate of reinboldt says he confided in him back in 1974. >> he starts to talk about his relationship with denny hastert and told me that they had been sexual, and i was flabbergasted. >> reporter: he says he believes there was more than one sexual encounter. >> he said sometimes if would smart with a massage. and we didn't go much further into that. >> reporter: reinboldt's friend says he doesn't know who individual a sunshine th

then there's steven reinboldt. second in line for the u.s. presidency. >> jolene burdge tells cnn news that her brother shared a dark secret with her before his death 20 years ago. >> i asked him, stevie when was your first same-sex experience? i mean he just looked at me and said it was with dennis hastert. >> reporter: burdge says her brother told her he endured year of sexual abuse at the hand of dennis hastert during late '60 and early '70s. at the time the man who would become house speaker was a teacher and wrestling coach. reinboldt was a student and equipment manager for the team. burdge says her brother first told her about the alleged abuse in 1979 when he revealed to her he was gay. >> i said why didn't you ever tell anybody, stevie? he was your teacher. why didn't you ever tell anybody? he just looked at me and said who is ever going to believe me? >> reporter: federal prosecutors say, hastert lied to the fbi about trying to pay $3.5 million in so-called hush money to a person identified in court docume

now, the sister of steven reinboldt said she tried to go to the media and authorities back in 2006, but there wasn't enough corroboration. but with this indictment that allowed this to be rehashed and now we're finding that there are more victims in fact allegedly of sexual harassment by dennis hastert who was only second in line to the presidency, very powerful man just only a few years ago. >> it is incredible to imagine. and we now know that there are lee being a three accusers and the question is whether there will be more. as you point out, dennis hastert once second in line to the american presidency and he coached high school boys wrestling team before launching his majorly successful political career. how big could this scandal be? investigators are focusing in on that high school yorkville high school and every student that hastert coached our taught. >> reporter: look at dennis hastert in this 1968 year book from yorkville high school in illinois. it says he joan is athletics and working with young people. he even accompanied explorers on a week long address venture in the bah

then there's also a person that cnn sources say was contacted by the fbi, and then there is steven reinboldt. he died in the mid '90s. his sister, jolie burge, saying her brother opened up to him saying he was gay, and that he had sexual contact with dennis hastert in the late '60s and '70s. back then, hastert was a teacher. he was also a coach in yorkville, illinois, for a wrestling team. reinboldt was a high school student and the equipment manager for the team. burge saying he kept the secret to himself, and came forward with the accusations against the man that was even in second line for the american presidency. nobody would believe him. however, we do know that once reinboldt died of aids in the mid '90s that burge actually came forward and even confronted hastert at one point during the funeral of her brother. this is how she says that day played out in 1995. have a listen. >> i just looked at him and i said i want to know why you did what you did to my brother. he just stood there and stared at me and i continued to say i want you to know that your secret didn't die in there with my

questioned by the feds, but did not receive any of the so-called hush money and then there's steven reinboldt. he died nearly 20 years ago, so his sister is doing the talking for him this morning. jolene tells her brother shared a dark secret. >> when was your first same-sex experience? he just looked at me and said, it was with dennis hastert. >> reporter: byrd says her brother told her he endured years of sexual abuse at the hands of dennis hastert during the late '60s and early '70s. at the time the man who would become house speaker was a high schoolteacher and wrestling coach. rein rein reinboldt was on the team. he first told her about the abuse back in 1979 when he revealed he was gay. >> why didn't you ever tell anybody? he just looked at me and said, who is ever going to believe me? >> reporter: federal prosecutors say hastert lied to the fbi about trying to pay $3.5 million in so-called hush money to a person identified in court documents only as individual "a." she tells abc news she is not that individual. she confronted hastert on the day of her brother's funeral. >> i want you t

fbi is looking into potential allegations, and then the accusations made by jolene burge about steven reinboldt. is there any potential that they have some civil recourse against hastert? >> well, the problem, victor, is that unfortunately you have statute of limitation issues. those statute of limitation issues are in place for a variety of reasons. obviously in the event that this is true, you feel horrific for the victims of any type of abuse, but there's a timeframe in which you have to move forward. the statute of limitation is generally in play for a number of reasons, based upon the evidence, based upon the finality in terms of wanting to get a matter resolved. based upon people not being available to testify. there may be very little recourse for the victims in any type of civil abuse that he engaged in. >> all right, hln legal analyst joey jackson, thank you so much. >> my pleasure, victor. have a great day. >> you, too. >>> also new this morning, apparently because of a cnn investigation, a federal agency is launching an inquiry into a west palm beach beach florida hospital, where at

but the allegations of sexual misconduct, all that has come forward is the sister of steven reinboldt. he has since passed away and can't speak for himself. there was a witness who spoke sea anonymously who said he was aware of reinboldt's abuse. then. bill: another stunning report from the tsa. the agency supposed to keep our planes safe from terror actually hiring people with apparent terror ties. ties. that's next. then this. >> shooting second. he scores! martha: very exciting. team u.s.a. kicking off the world cup with a big win. how the women sailed to a solo victory. ♪ every auto insurance policy has a number. but not every insurance company understands the life behind it. ♪ those who have served our nation have earned the very best service in return. ♪ usaa. we know what it means to serve. get an auto insurance quote and see why 92% of our members plan to stay for life. bill: troubles with the tsa taking stage on capitol hill. we are awaiting senate hearing after a brand-new report shows people on the terror watchlist were actually cleared to work in our nation's airports. goo

she says her brother, his name was steven reinboldt. he told her before he died in 19 1995 that dennis hastert had molested him. hastert was the wreckling coach and teaching in yorkville from 1965 to 1980. that was his life before he became a congressman and eventually speaker of the house. a friend and class mate of reinboldts is telling abc news reinboldt confided to him about this in 1974. >> thee talked about his relationship with denny hastert and said it was sexual. i was flabbergasted. >> that friend adding he believes there was more than one sexual encounter. >> i said what do you mean? he said, well we would do things sexually and it would sometimes start with a massage. we didn't go much further into that. >> for more on this i want to bring in a washington bureau chief of the chicago sun times. one of the aspects of this woman that came forward, the center of the alleged victim going forward saying she tried to go to the press a decade ago. she says she tried to go to the press back then. but we're hearing about it now. do yo

told abc news her brother, stichb reinboldt, confided in her about the abuse years later when he told her he was gay. he died in 1995 at 42 years old. >> i said stevene looked at me and said it was with dennis hastert. i said -- i was stunned. i said why didn't you ever tell anybody, stevie? he just looked at me and said who is ever going to believe me. >> she was approached by the fbi in recent weeks, about hastert before his indictment became public. he faces charges of bank fraud and lying to the fbi about hush money paid to another former student, who was also allegedly abused. the justice department says he agreed to pay $3.5 million to cover up past misconduct. and cnn has learned the fbi has also spoken to at least one more person in addition to burge, who may have been a victim. hastert was a coach and boy scout leader before coming to washington in 1987. he became the longest-serving republican speaker, leaving congress in 2007. he's been in hiding since the charges were announced last week. his attorney has not responded to requests for comment. but hastert did deny the abuse allegations to abc when they first arose in 2006. jolene burge s