CHICAGO (AP) — The sex abuse victim who testified against Dennis Hastert at the former U.S. House speaker’s sentencing hearing says he finally decided to do so publicly after Hastert reached out to his brother for a letter of support.

Scott Cross is a 53-year-old businessman who lives in the Chicago suburbs and was on the Yorkville High School wrestling team that Hastert coached in the 1970s.

Cross, whose brother is former Illinois House Republican leader Tom Cross, said in court that Hastert fondled him on a locker room table after practice.

The Associated Press normally does not name sexual abuse victims, but Scott Cross gave the AP permission to publish his name after the hearing. In court records, he was referred to only as “Individual D.”

Tom Cross released a statement Wednesday saying the family is proud Scott had “the courage to relive this very painful part of his life” so justice could be done.

Hastert was a political mentor to Tom Cross as he climbed the political ladder.

After Tom Cross left his seat in the House to run for state treasurer, he was replaced as House minority leader by Rep. Jim Durkin.

Durkin’s brother is Judge Tom Durkin, who presided over Hastert’s banking violations case and today sentenced him to 15 months in prison.