A new accuser is alleging sexual assault in a lawsuit filed against former Speaker Dennis Hastert John (Dennis) Dennis HastertFeehery: A surprising Republican wave election could be looming Feehery: How Trump wins Feehery: The working-class party MORE (R-Ill.), The Chicago Tribune reported.

The accuser, known in the lawsuit as “Richard Doe,” reportedly claims that Hastert sodomized him in the 1970s. The victim was approximately 9 or 10 years old at the time, the Tribune adds.

The accuser is pursuing $50,000 in damages, charging negligent infliction of emotional distress, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and battery from the Yorkville Community Unit School District 115 and the former Speaker, according to the report.

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The new lawsuit comes several years after a hush money case revealed allegations of sexual abuse against Hastert from his days working as a high school wrestling and football coach in Illinois.

Hastert is currently serving a 15-month sentence in a Minnesota federal prison for unlawfully arranging bank withdrawals to cover up sexual abuse allegations.