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(PhatzRadio / AP) — STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Comments made by Penn State’s former president following the arrests of two top deputies were defended in a court filing Friday as the university again sought dismissal of a whistleblower lawsuit tied to a child sex abuse scandal involving the football program. University attorney Nancy Conrad argued [...]
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A special prosecutor has been appointed to examine whether secrecy rules were violated in grand jury proceedings that investigated Jerry Sandusky and three former Penn State administrators who are currently facing criminal charges. Lawyer James M. Reeder was given six months to look into the matter, according to a Feb. 8 [...]
(A new report from the Paterno family challenges the conclusions made in the Freeh report. Patrick Smith/Getty Images) STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — A new report commissioned by Joe Paterno’s family challenges the conclusion by former FBI director Louis Freeh that the late Penn State coach conspired to hide child sex abuse allegations against former [...]
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Former Penn State president Graham Spanier was arraigned and released on bail at a brief court appearance Wednesday on charges he lied about and concealed child sex abuse allegations involving former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky. Spanier, accompanied by his wife, signed paperwork after his bail was set at $125,000, but [...]
(Reuters) – Former Pennsylvania State University President Graham Spanier was charged with perjury and obstruction as part of a “conspiracy of silence” in the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal, Pennsylvania Attorney General Linda Kelly said on Thursday. Spanier also is charged with endangering the welfare of children, conspiracy and failure to report child abuse [...]
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Ousted Penn State president Graham Spanier and his lawyers attacked a university-backed report on the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal on Wednesday, calling it a “blundering and indefensible indictment” as they fired a pre-emptive strike while waiting to hear if he’ll be charged in the case. Lawyer Timothy Lewis called Louis Freeh, [...]
(PhatzRadio / SI Feature) — Steve Bench will fly to Pennsylvania on Tuesday. He can’t get to State College soon enough. His son, Steven, recently moved from the family home in Bainbridge, Ga., to Happy Valley to play quarterback at Penn State. Steven was one of the people the NCAA punished Monday, and the elder [...]
A visitor points to the spot in a mural by Michael Pilato where a halo that was above the late Penn State football coach Joe Paterno has been painted over by the artist in State College, Pa., on Saturday. Pilato had put a halo over Paterno’s image after the beloved coach’s death in January, but [...]
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Joe Paterno and other top Penn State officials hushed up child sex abuse allegation against Jerry Sandusky more than a decade ago for fear of bad publicity, allowing Sandusky to prey on other youngsters, according to a scathing internal report issued Thursday on the scandal. >Read full Freeh Report on Penn State [...]
(Former FBI director Louis Freeh has led Penn State’s internal investigation. Picture AP) STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Penn State’s internal investigation into the Jerry Sandusky child sexual abuse case is drawing to a close and the findings are expected within weeks, which would enable the university to confront the next difficult chapter in the [...]
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