May 22, 2013

Penn State Scandal: Report finds Penn State concealed abuse, disregarded victims’ safety

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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 [...]

Penn State Scandal: Accusers – Sandusky employed threats and gifts against victims

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Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky arrives by car at the Centre County court house before the third day of his child sex abuse trial on June 13, 2012, in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. Sandusky is charged with 52 criminal counts of alleged sexual abuse of children. (June 12, 2012 – Source: Jeff Swensen/Getty Images [...]

Penn State Scandal: Teenager who kick-started Sandusky child rape investigation ‘ready’ to testify

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Is mental disorder claim a bad defense? STORY HIGHLIGHTS Victim 1 is “ready” to take the stand in Sandusky’s trial, his lawyer says His allegations led to the probe of the ex-Penn State coach, who faces 52 charges Victim 4 described alleged assaults on Penn State’s campus, in hotels, elsewhere The defense questions the motives [...]

Judge in Penn State abuse case issues “gag” order

Jerry Sandusky, former Penn State football defensive coordinator, arrives for a hearing at the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania

(Reuters) – The judge overseeing former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky’s child sex abuse trial has barred attorneys involved from speaking to the media, citing the “unprecedented publicity” surrounding the case. Judge John Cleland’s order, filed on Monday, extends to any statement the lawyers or their representatives might make about evidence, witnesses and [...]

Penn State Scandal: Judge delays Sandusky abuse trial

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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A judge overseeing former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky’s child sexual abuse case on Thursday delayed the start of the trial by three weeks to early June, and prosecutors filed a lengthy court document that said the case should not be dismissed. Judge John Cleland said the additional time [...]

Another teen alleges Sandusky raped him at football camp

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(PhatzRadio / USA Today) — The Pennsylvania attorney general is investigating a teenager’s allegation that Jerry Sandusky raped him in the Penn State football building in 2004, two years after the former assistant coach was a banned from bringing children into the facility, Fox News reports. The young man, now 19, has sued Penn State, [...]